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Major GERARD JOSEPH McCANN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

No. 41 R.M. Commando.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. C. 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Laurence and Margery McCann; husband of Jean McCann, of Westward Ho!, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR ALL YOU HAD YOU GAVE TO SAVE MANKIND

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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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