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Private RICHARD GEORGE FREDRICK CANN

Service Number: 10512
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

1st Bn

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. B. 54.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Richard and Lilian Cann, of 10, Avening St., Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wilts.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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