Major Charles Conyers

Regiment: 2nd Batt. Royal Irish Fusiliers
Date published: 30/07/1915
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 12/05/1915
Age at death: 46
Cemetery: Brandhoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Plot: I. C. 21.
Information: Major Charles Conyers, 2nd Batt. Royal Irish Fusiliers, who died of wounds received whilst gallantly fighting with his regiment in France, was born in 1867, received his commission in 1889, was promoted captain in 1899 and major in 1909. Major Conyers saw service in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony during the South African War and received the Queen's Medal with five clasps. By his death the army has been deprived of a brave and able officer.
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conyers; husband of Minnie Dorothea Conyers, of Nantinan, Ballingrane, Co. Limerick. Served in the South African Campaign