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Pte. Jerome Cann
Royal Marines HMS Amphion
from:Tintagel, Cornwall
(d.6th Aug 1914)
Private Jerome Cann served with the Royal Marines Light Infantry during WW1 and was killed in action on the 6th August 1914, aged 17. He is commemorated on on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth. He was the son of Stephen and Mary Cann, of Trevena, Tintagel, Cornwall.
Gnr. William James Cann
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Cardiff Glamorganshire Wales
William James Cann was a member of the Territorials for several years before WW1 started. He undertook training in camp for a few weeks in August each year on Salisbury Plain, money which his family much needed.
He was called up to service for WW1 three days after war began. He was a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery. He served in France and Belgium. In his home letters it was recorded he had trench rot in his feet, and was unable to take his boots off. When finally they came off, he had no skin left on his feet or lower legs, and the skin, although treated, never recovered properly and caused him much discomfort. During WW1 he experienced the Christmas Day truce and had some German daggers which were exchanged for chocolate bars and tobacco. He said the German troops spoke English very well and were mostly very young rural village children, who did not want to fight. He was surprised how young they were. He was also amazed at the skills shown by these German troops in producing what we call today 'trench art'.
He was sent from Europe directly in 1918, to Northern Ireland, returning home to Cardiff and his family in 1920. There are some terrible stories passed down about his time in Ireland which troubled him greatly, more so than the horrors he experienced on the battlefields of Europe.In particular it was the orders to shoot families,being ordered to go down streets from house to house. He said the troops used to knock loudly on the doors of Irish homes, count to ten and give them enough time to escape from the back of their properties.Some of the officers were not so kind, and it was the scenes he came upon of men, women, children and babies massacred in their homes that upset him so much.He was a very sensitive, kind man, who had simply enough of bloodshed.
He had many medals including one for Gallantry, Victory and Long service, as well as a Silver Medal.
He died tragically as a result of a railway accident in March 1939, whilst trying to save the life of his work colleague who was crossing the line and did not hear the coming steam train. Both were killed. The local newspapers record in detail the manner of his death, with pictures of the scene. He was given a military funeral as he was still in the Territorial Army. Crowds lined the streets to Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff to show their respect and the last post was played over his grave. The priest at the funeral said of him, 'No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his friend'. After all he experienced in WW1, it was so tragic he died the terrible way he did, but his bravery in both wartime and civilian life deserves remembrance.
William James Cann was my grandfather. I never knew him, but his memory is very precious and his life story passed down in my family.
Pte. William Cannadine
British Army The Labour Corps
William Cannadine was my grandfather and he served in The Labour Corps during the First World War. Sadly he died in 1946 aged 50, after a very long illness, never having met any of his grandchildren. We know very little about him and even though 2 of his children are still alive we have never even seen a photo of him. We would love to find out some information about him if possible.
2nd Lt. Walter Arthur "Archie" Cannell MM.
British Army 236th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Port St Mary, Isle of Man
My father, Archie Cannell had joined the Canadian volunteers in 1916 aged 16. He became a telephonist and assistant to the FOO. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery under fire on 1st of March 1917 at Le Touret near Bethune. He was recommended for officer training. and was sent from 4th Canadian Siege Battery 18 pdrs. to England on 9th of August 1917. He joined the Officer Cadet Battalion at Maresfield Park on the 21st of November 1917. He was commissioned into RGA as a 2nd Lt. on 17th of June 1918 and was sent to France 2nd of November 1918 to Base Depot at Le Havre until posted to 236th Siege Battery RGA on 16th of November 1918. He was demobilised on the 3rd of June 1919 and relinquished his commission on the 12th of July 1919.
Lt. C. C. Canning
British Army 11th Btn. D Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
L/Cpl. Michael Canning
British Army 7th (Service) Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Michael Canning was born in Dublin in 1877. His father worked as a foreman in the forwarding department of Guinness' at St James Gate in Dublin. He and his family lived at various addresses around Thomas Court in the Liberties of Dublin. At an early age his mother died. Shortly afterwards his father was laid off by Guinness for being drunk on the job. It seems that his father struggled to cope with raising five children alone and he put the children into care. By the age of sixteen Michael and his siblings were formally orphaned when his father died in a workshouse in Dublin.
At eighteen, Michael signed up with the Royal Inniskillng Fusiliers in Omagh and shortly thereafter was sent to India where he served in the Tirah Campaign. While in India his younger sister was picked up for begging on the streets in Dublin. She was admitted to care and on admission was described as being blind. Michael Canning served in India and what is now Afghanistan for a number of years before his battalion was posted to South Africa near the end of the Boer War. Shortly after arriving in Africa his record lists him as being imprisoned for an unspecified crime. He appears to have been in the same prison as 'Breaker Morant' just two weeks after Morant was executed. After three months in prison he returned to service. At the end of the Boer War the 2nd Inniskilling were posted to Egypt where he spent the next six years. He eventually returned to Ireland around 1912 and tried to return to civilian life. His family in Dublin had all moved on so he moved to Limerick where his brother Lawrence had relocated and was working on the railway.
At the outbreak of World War One, Michael Canning reinlisted in the British Army in Limerick and joined the newly formed Royal Munster Fusiliers 7th Service Battalion. Due to his prior service he was given the slightly elevated rank of Lance Corporal. The 7th Munsters trained in Mallow and in Basingstoke in the UK before embarking by sea to take part in the efforts at Gallipoli. Following a short stop off at Mudros in Greece, he arrived on the shores of Gallipoli as part of the August offensive on 7th August 1915.
Michael Canning was my great uncle. He died within a couple of days on the beaches of Turkey. His body was not recovered. We don't have a photo or his medals but we have rediscovered and researched his story which was lost to the family for a number of years. He is remembered on Helles Memorial at Gallipoli.
Pte. Arthur Reginald Cannings
Bristish Army 5th Btn D Coy Wiltshire Regiment
from:24 Scots Lane, Salisbury
(d.21st Apr 1916)
Arthur Cannings died of his wounds in Mesopotamia.
Sgt. Albert Cannon
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Fusilliers
from:London
(d.23rd Sep 1915)
Albert Cannon is buried in Point 110, Old Military Cemetery, Fricourt.
Sgt. Anthony Cannon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Gnr. Charles Herbert Cannon
British Army 48th Brigade, 155 Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Hertford
Apparently, my grandfather, Charles Cannon volunteered on the 4th of August 1914 aged 19. Before the war he had worked as a gardener, but his father was a drayman in Hertford for the McMullen Brewery, so he was familiar with horses, hence I believe his recruitment to the RFA. The 48th Brigade was part of the 14th (Light) Division that was sent to France in May 1915. From the available material he would have seen action several times, including the Somme. The Brigade left the Division in January 1917 to form a new Army Brigade, but I have been unable to trace him after this time. However he was in England in December 1917 when he married my grandmother in Hertford. He returned to civilian life as a gardener in Ingatestone and for the Colchester Parks Department. He died in 1957.
Firemn. Dennis Cannon
Mercantile Marine HM Tug Flying Buzzard
(d.21st January 1915)
Fireman Dennis Cannon was the son of J. Cannon, of Meenacurrin, Lettermacaward. He was 31 when he died and is buried in the North-East part of the Lettermacaward Catholic Cemetery, Lettermacaward, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Pte. Francis Cannon
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.21st Mar 1915)
A/Sgt. Frederick James Cannon
British Army 1st Btn., B Coy. King's (Liverpool) Regiment
(d.10th Mar 1915)
Pte. John William Cannon
British Army 17th Btn. Army Cyclist Corps
from:Guernsey, Channel Islands
Pte. John Cannon
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Damhead, Dalbeatie
(d.12th Oct 1918)
John Cannon of the Royal Scots Fusiliers died of pneumonia whilst a POW.
Pte. Patrick Cannon
British Army 143rd Coy Machine Gun Corps
(d.23rd Aug 1917)
Sidney Cannon
British Army Essex Regiment
Sidney Cannon served with the Essex Regiment, Royal Engineers and Northamptonshire Regiment.
Pte. William Cannon
British Army 19th Hussars (Queen Alexandras Own)
from:Fulham London
(d.3rd October 1915)
William Cannon, died aged 29, at Fulham Military Hospital of Sarcoma of R. Humerus and Sarcoma of the spine. He is buried in Kensal Green (All Souls) cemetery.
Pte. David Cant
British Army 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Wickhambrook, Suffolk
Grandad David Cant was born in Wickhambrook in 1889, out of wedlock. I don't know who his father was. He had a younger half-sister, Alice. He married Effie Clarke in June 1921 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. They had two children, both girls, during their marriage, I am the son of the younger. He died in 1962 in Soham, Cambridgeshire, aged 72.
He enlisted in Kitchener's New Army, in the 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and sent to fight in France, landing at Boulogne on 31st of August 1915. In September, he was engaged in the Battle of Loos. Grandad suffered typical wounds of WW1, shrapnel in his shoulder, trench feet, exposure to gas, and shell shock. It's only now, looking back, that I realise the extent of his trauma even into old age. Grandad never learned to read or write. Even in his last years he would say "The only good German is a dead 'un". I wish I had been old enough (I was 12 when he died) to talk maturely with him, and have a pint with him at the pub.
Pte. Ernest Cant
British Army 4th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Leadgate
(d.14th Oct 1918)
My great great uncle Ernest Cant died at Lambinowice POW Camp Hospital on 14th of October 1918, possibly from Spanish Flu. Originally buried in POW cemetery but reburied in Berlin South Western Cemetery after WW1 ended. He was the youngest son of a large family. His eldest brother was killed five years later in a pit disaster.
Pte. Percy Clarence Cant
Australian Imperial Forces A Coy. 33rd Btn.
from:Copetown via Inverell, New South Wales
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Percy Cant was a Miner born in Bingara, New South Wales, he enlisted aged 20 in January 1915. He was killed on the 7th of June 1917 in the Battle of Messines and has no known grave.
Pte. George Ernest Cantell
British Army Kings Royal Rifles Corps
from:Aldershot
(d.28th Oct 1914)
George Cantell was my grandfather. When he died at Ypres, in 1914, he left behind an 18 month old daughter Joan and a wife Lilian, who was pregnant with his son Alan. He had served in the South Staffs from the age of 17, traveling across the world to fight in the Boer war (1901). He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
L/Cpl S. Cantin
British Army 2nd Battalion, A Coy. London Regiment
(d.8th Nov 1915)
L/Cpl S Catin lost his life serving with the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment.
Gnr. William Robert Cantlon
British Army 231st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Kilkenny, Ireland
(d.23rd December 1917)
Sgt. Charles Edward Cantrill
British Army 2nd/6th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Stretford, Manchester
(d.2 April 1918)
Pte. Daniel Canty
British Army 1st Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Ardanoon, Rosslare Harbour
(d.8th May 1916)
Private Canty was Husband of Margaret T. Shiel (formerly Canty), of Ardanoon, Rosslare Harbour.
He was 28 when he died and is buried in the North-East part of the Kilrane Catholic Churchyard, Kilrane, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Stoker J. Cape
J. Cape served as a Stoker and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Gnr. Samuel Capie
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Lesmahago, Lanarkshire
Samuel Capie fought in France in 1916, and was wounded on 10th of June 1918. He was recorded as having fractured his mandible in a gunshot wound, and was sent to Sidcup, to The Queen's Hospital and was one of the recorded patients of the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies who created Gillies Archive. As part of the archive, it is recorded that a photograph exists of Samuel Capie and his injury, and possibly the outcome of surgery. We have yet to confirm which photograph is his due to the anonymity adopted by Prof. Gillies in documenting his work. It may be that the photograph referred to is really a pastel sketch by Henry Tonks.
Samuel Capie married Mabel Sullivan and continued to live in Sidcup, becoming a male nurse and died aged 72 years in Sidcup. He is buried in All Saints Church, Foots Cray.
Ldg.Stoker. Frank Caplin
Royal Navy HMS Bergamot
(d.13th Aug 1917)
Pte. George William Capon
British Army 11th Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.24th March 1918)
George Capon served with the 11th Battalion, Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in WW1. He died 24th of March 1918 and is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial in France.
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