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Pte. James Cann
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Chester Le Street
(d.25th May 1918)
James Cann served with 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers (formerly 9254 Training Reserve). Aged 18 when he died on 25th May 1918, he was born in Jarrow and lived in Chester Le Street. On the 1911 census he is recorded as James Cann age 12 at School living with his parents Sydney and Elizabeth Cann and family at Red House Farm Cottages, Jarrow. John enlisted in enlisted Newcastle. John is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.