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Private W CANNING

Service Number: 276395
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Canning, of 18, Chapel St., Blaby, Leicestershire, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 161
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