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Edward McCann

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Edward's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 10412
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Connaught Rangers
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 26.08.1914
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Grand-Fayt Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: 3.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 26 Kinloch Pl, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Catherine McCann, Little Sisters of the Poor, Wellburn, Lochee, Dundee

  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Joseph and 2 other brothers, (names unknown)

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Edward McCann

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

Edward was the brother of Pte Joseph McCann, 40847, 12th Battalion, Royal Scots, who was killed in action, 12.10.1917.

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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