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Private GEORGE GANNON

Service Number: 61043
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. E. 7.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Drake Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George W. and Martha Gannon, of 8, Walnut St, Copton St, Hulme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 333
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