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Rifleman ALFRED CANNING

Service Number: 41313
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. D. 2A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Canning, of Marles Cottages, Epping Green, Epping, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription GONE DEAR ONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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