BORN ABBEYDALE, YORKSHIRE, 1895. SON OF MR JOSHUA McCANN & RUTH McCANN, OF 594 BAILEY STREET, SHEFFIELD. PNE OF SIX CHILDREN. THE FAMILY LIVED IN BRADFORD AND SHEFFIELD. A TOOL GRINDER. HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/08/1916, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL AT THE SOMME. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, RUTH.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ALDBRO’ STREET MEMORIAL IN HULL.
First name:
GEORGE ALEC
Regiment:
Military Number:
11723
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/08/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
