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Gunner JOHN McCANN

Service Number: 31142
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

60th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

VIII. F. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Felix and Bridget McCann, of Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin; husband of Annie McCann, of 57, Merchant's Cottages, East Wall, Dublin.
  • Personal Inscription THE BATTLE IS WON THE FIGHT IS O'ER A CROWN NOW REPLACES THE CROSS HE BORE
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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