BORN DUBLIN 1897. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF GEORGE HENRY CANNON (1870-1950) & HANNAH WYETH (1871-1947) AT THIS ADDRESS, AND LATER MOVED TO LONDON. HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/07/1917, AGED 20.
BURIED AT MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVED THEE BEST GOOD-NIGHT”
NB: FRANK D. CANNON – 39 WAVERLEY STREET.
First name:
WILLIAM FREDERICK
Military Number:
201282
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/07/1917
Place died:
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine Maritime, France
Age:
20
96 , MAYFIELD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
