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Lance Serjeant JOSEPH CANNING

Service Number: 2620319
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 January 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XVIII. E. 3.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Canning and of Amy Canning, of Hulme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription TO HAVE, TO HOLD, THEN TO PART BREAKS THE HEART OF HIS MOTHER
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