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L/Cpl Thomas Thomas "Tommy" MacCann
British Army 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
from:44 Princess St., South Bank, Middlesbrough, Cleveland
(d.14th December 1915 Aged 32)
I have little information regarding Tommy (my great grandfather) apart from the facts passed down from my grandmother and aunts.
Tommy was, apparently, shot by a sniper and is buried at Birr Crossroads Cemetery, West Vlaanderen (Flanders) Belgium. He was in the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment and his service number was 18032.
I have pictures of both him and his grave. And an interesting fact regarding Tommy is that after his death my Great Grandmother Jane Mac Cann remarried to Tommy's best mate James Connolly, also Yorkshire Regiment, Service Number 25005. James died as an P.O.W just before the war ended (04/10/18) and is buried at Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery extension in Nord France.
So, ultimately, my Great Grandmother Jane lost two husbands in the Great War. They are both commemorated on the South-Bank War Memorial (Middlesbrough) and I am currently researching both men, as a mark of respect (the least I can do).
I will be attending the centenary remembrance service in their home town of South-Bank and will lay a commemorative wreath there.
