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Corporal GEORGE ALFRED CANNING

Service Number: 5734155
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1944

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXI. C. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Marjorie Canning; husband of Ida Canning, of South Yardley, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription HONEST AND TRUE IN HEART AND MIND A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HE LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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