BORN HULL 1895. SON OF FREDERICK CANTY (1867-1919) & LOUISA WOOD (1870-1943), OF 5 THE BEECHES, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL. A LAW CLERK. BROTHER TO JAMES, LEONARD AND EDITH AND DOROTHY. HE MARRIED DULCIE VERA WALKER (1895-1990), IN 1917 AND LIVED IN WILLERBY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS PRIVATE, 2330, & 14328, ARMY CYCLIST CORPS, LIVING AT 12 , PARK GROVE, PRINCES AVENUE, HULL, (1918 ABSENT VOTERS ADDRESS). POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/04/1915. COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, ON 27/11/1917, JOINING THE 3RD BATTALION, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/06/1918, AGED 23. THREE MONTHS BEFORE HIS ONLY SON WAS BORN.
HIS WIDOW, DULCIE, MOVED TO 16 CAMMIDGE STREET, WITHERNSEA, WITH THEIR ONLY SON, FREDERICK IAN CANTY (1918-1992).
