Pte. Daniel P. MARRS

1889 - 1917  (27 years)

• Name	Daniel P. MARRS
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	3 Jun 1889	Old Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	27 Sep 1915	Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Circumstances of Death	1 Mar 1917	Souchez, Pas-de-Calais, France
  Home Child	Marrs Daniel 3 1 1917 11. F. 11. Private, Canadian Infantry. Age: Unknown. N 2193289 Canadian ...
  Lived	Northcote for 3 years with J. F. Gibbons
  WWI service	73rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), Army
  Death	1 Mar 1917	Souchez, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [2]
  Burial	Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Address: Canadian Cemetery No. 2 Neuville-Saint-Vaast France
  Person ID	I93858223	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

  Mother	Esther
  Family ID	F47037992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Pte. Daniel P. MARRS https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2954839

  
  

  Documents		Pte. Daniel P. MARRS killed in action The Renfrew Mercury, March 23, 1917
  		Pte. Daniel P. MARRS awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal The Renfrew Mercury, Mar 2, 1917 p. 1

  
  

  Headstones

  Pte. Daniel P. MARRS gravestone https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2954839

  
  

• Notes

  WWI service: 132688; Distinguished Conduct Medal Medals to John F. Gibbons, R.R.3 Renfrew, ON Friend Home Child: 56474098 Pvt Marrs Daniel 3 1 1917 11. F. 11. Private, Canadian Infantry. Age: Unknown. N 2193289 Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Neuville-Saint Vaast Neuville-Saint-Vaast Departement du Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Daniel Marrs was a British Home Child emigrated to Canada by Quarrier's Orphan Homes of Scotland. On Jun 13, 1895, Daniel & his brother William arrived in Quebec aboard the Sarmatian, then travelled with their travelling party to Brockville, ON Attestation Papers: sailed from Halifax on S.S. Adriatic mar 31, 1916 Circumstances of Death: Killed in Action He was killed whilst acting as a stretcher bearer and was engaged dressing a wounded man in a shell hole, during a raid made by his Battalion on the enemy lines at Souchez. No further information as to the actural circumstances under which he met his death is available.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1040507] Mil- Attestation Papers. [S1040427] Canada., Mil-Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War, (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx.).