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Private WILLIAM CANNON

Service Number: 5880
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

2nd Bn

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAWTHORN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, AUCHONVILLERS

B. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Cannon, of 39, Florence Rd., Southall, Middx.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER TILL WE ALL MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

HAWTHORN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, AUCHONVILLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 214
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