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Gunner W CANNON

Service Number: 134947
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 163rd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY

N. 35.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Emily Cannon, of 8, West St., Horbury Rd., Wakefield.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 854
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