Category: Military
Rank: Private G/18011
Regiment or Ship: 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
Service Number(s): G/18011
Date of Birth: 1890
Place of Birth: Bexhill
Date of Death: 05.07.1918
Place of Burial / Memorials:
1 – Sedan (St.Charles) Communal Cemetery, France.
2 – Town War Memorial Bexhill. 3 – St.Stephen’s Church Memorial Bexhill.
Address: 37, Station Road, Bexhill
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Family Information
Parents:
Father: William Frederick Christie b.1858 Bloomsbury
Mother: Mary Ann b.1861 Lewes
Siblings:
Florence Maud b.1888 Bexhill
George C b.1892 Bexhill
First World War Experience
Cannon served with the British Expeditionary Force. He received two medals; the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Cannon was also a Prisoner of War and died while in captivity.