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Private CECIL ROBERT CANNON

Service Number: 37216
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

III. C. 30.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (92088) 154th Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Cannon, of Babcary, Taunton; husband of Alice Emily Cannon, of Hill House, Ashton Keynes, Swindon.
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Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1673
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