In Memory Of

MEYER, HENRY DEVENISH

Service Details
Age:
 17
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 853
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-02-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Agagia, Egypt
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 C. 218.
Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of William Robert and Elyna Mary Meyer, of The Mance, Averdare, Scotland. Born Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. His brother Macdonald Seymour Devenish Meyer 4 May 1918 also died in service in WW1. His brother Wiliam Reginald Macdonald Devenish Meyer 26 August 1942 also died in service in WW2.