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Pte. William Kane
British Army 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.28th Apr 1917)
William Kane was serving with 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers when he died aged 22 on 28th April 1917. He had formerly served in the West Yorks Regiment, having enlisted in Jarrow. He was the son of John and Susan Kane of Jarrow, on the 1911 census he is recorded as William Kane age 16 Apprentice Rivetter in Shipyard is with his parents John and Susannah Kane and family at 10 Alfred Street, Jarrow .
William is remembered on the Arras Memorial and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (west face) Jarrow.