Cannon Family group comprising a Great War pair and Memorial Plaque as issued to Private G.T. Cannon, 3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), who was killed in action on 26th October 1918 and is now buried in Bleharies Communal Cemetery, along with his brothers British War Medal awarded to Private W.E. Cannon, Army Service Corps.
Great War pair and Plaque awarded to Private G.T. Cannon, 3rd (City of London), Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) who was killed in action on 26th October 1918 and is now buried in Bleharies Communal Cemetery.
Pair and Memorial Plaque; British War Medal and Victory Medal; (254827 PTE. G.T. CANNON. 3-LOND. R.) Great War Memorial Plaque; (GEORGE THOMAS CANNON)
Condition: dark toned BWM, Good Very Fine
Along with:
Bronze Boxing Medallion the reverse engraved ‘3rd (R) BN, LONDON REGT NOVICES BOXING COMP JUNE 1912 PTE G.T. CANNON’
George Thomas Cannon was born, resided in and enlisted at Marylebone, London and would see service as a Private (No. 254827) with the 3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on the Western Front being killed in action on 26th October 1918. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes him as having died on 25th October 1918 whilst serving with the 2nd/2nd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) with the same service number. He is now buried in Bleharies Communal Cemetery, Belgium and is noted as the son of William Cannon an Johanna Cannon of 26 Linhope Street, Marylebone, London.
British War Medal 1914-1919 awarded to Private (Packer & Loader) W.E. Cannon, Army Service Corps.
British War Medal 1914-1919; (T4-216121 PTE. W.E. CANNON. A.S.C.)
Condition: dark toned, Nearly Extremely Fine
William Ernest Cannon saw service as a Private (Packer & Loader) (No. T4/216121) with the Royal Army Service Corps, and is additionally entitled to a Victory Medal.
