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Private FRANCIS CHARLES CANNINGS

Service Number: 5193748
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

I. D. 2.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Charles and Ethel Mary Cannings, of Axminster, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription YOU LIVE ALWAYS IN OUR MEMORY, BELOVED SON AND BROTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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