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Private WILLIAM McCANN

Service Number: 6735
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1914

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. G. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Jane McCann, of Balbriggan, Co. Dublin; husband of Jane Band Don (formerly McCann), of Chance Inn, Glencarse, Perthshire.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY J. & D. McCANN
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Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 1162
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