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Lance Serjeant WALTER ROBERT FRANK CANNING

Service Number: SD/1850
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

II. F. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Montague Canning and Harriett Sophia Canning; husband of Minnie Canning, of 14, Egremont Place, Brighton. Born at Strood, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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