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Pte. Richard Canavan

British Army 1st Battalion Black Watch

from:Kirkcaldy

(d.9th May 1915)

My uncle Richard Canavan died at the Battle of Aubers Ridge. I don't know much else really except that he deserted on Christmas Eve 1914 and rejoined on the 8th of January.

Additional Submission from another relative: Richard Canavan was my grandmother's (Catherine Wellcoat nee Canavan) brother. What we know of Richard was that he was wounded in the hand and shoulder, sent home to recuperate in December 1914 and returned to the front in 1915. Where you got the idea he deserted is a mystery to me! The Black Watch have confirmed he was not a deserter.



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