See also

Family of Walter James CANN and Alice LONG

  • Husband:

  • Walter James CANN (c. 1879-1917)

  • Wife:

  • Alice LONG (1863- )

  • Marriage:

  • 21 Jun 19151,2

  •  

Husband: Walter James CANN

  • Name:

  • Walter James CANN

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Samuel CANN (1850-1909)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann TRACKSON (c. 1850-c. 1914)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1879

  • Wicklewood3

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 1-2)

  • Wicklewood4

  •  

  • Address: Near Wild Man, Wicklewood, Norfolk

    1, living with parents Samuel (30, farmer of 10 acres) and Mary Ann (34, farmer's wife)

  • Census:

  • 1891 (age 11-12)

  • Tharston5

  •  

  • Address: Chequers Inn, Tharston

    11, scholar, living with parents Samuel (40, innkeeper, farmer, gardener) and Mary Ann (40), and sister Agnes Elizabeth (13, innkeeper's assistant)

  • Military Attestation:

  • 1 Jul 1897 (age 17-18)

  • Fakenham1

  • Military period:

  • frm 1 Jul 1897 to 3 Jan 1900 (age 17-21)1

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military Joined:

  • 2 Jul 1897 (age 17-18)

  • Norwich1

  •  

  • Norfolk Regiment

  • Military period:

  • frm 4 Jan 1900 to 10 Feb 1903 (age 20-24)1

  •  

  •  

  • served in South Africa

  • Military period:

  • frm 11 Feb 1903 to 11 Oct 1905 (age 23-26)1

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military period:

  • frm 12 Oct 1905 to 9 Oct 1908 (age 25-29)1

  •  

  •  

  • served in South Africa

  • Military period:

  • frm 10 Oct 1908 to 30 Jun 1909 (age 28-30)1

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military discharge:

  • 30 Jun 1909 (age 29-30)1

  •  

  • Military period:

  • frm 6 Jul 1916 to 3 Feb 1917 (age 36-38)1

  •  

  •  

  • served on home soil

  • Military Joined:

  • 6 Jul 1916 (age 36-37)1

  •  

  •  

  • The Royal Garison Artillery, gunner, serv. no. 101974

  • Military period:

  • frm 4 Feb 1917 to 4 Oct 1917 (age 37-38)1

  •  

  •  

  • served with the British Expeditionary Force in France

  • Death:

  • 4 Oct 1917 (age 37-38)

  • France1

  •  

  • killed in action, probably at Ypres, aged 38 years

  • Probate:

  • 9 Mar 1918

  • Norwich, Norfolk6

  •  

  • CANN Walter James of Warham Norfolk gunner R. G. A. died 4October 1917 in France or Belgiam Administration (with Will) Norwich 9 March to Alice Cann widow. Effects £120 11s. 9d.

  • War memorial:

  •  

  • Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

  •  

  • Grave Registratiom: CANN, Gnr. Walter James, 101974. 19th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery. 4th Oct., 1917. Age 38. I. E. 75.

Wife: Alice LONG

  • Name:

  • Alice LONG

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 3 Oct 1863

  • Binham, Norfolk7,8

  • 1939 Register:

  • 1939 (age 75-76)

  • Warham, Norfolk7

  •  

  • Address: 9 Wells Road, Warham

    retired, unpaid domestic duties, dob 3 Oct 1863

Sources

1.

Service record.

2.

Civil Registration - marriage. 1915 Q2 Walsingham Vol 4B Page 807. Cit. Date: Q2 1915.

3.

Civil Registration - birth. 1879 Q3 Forehoe Vol 4B Page 174. Cit. Date: Q3 1879.

4.

1881 Census. RG11 1955 22 19. Cit. Date: 1881.

5.

1891 Census. RG12 1545 130 8. Cit. Date: 1891.

6.

National Probate Calendar. 1918 Page 427. Cit. Date: 9 March 1918.

7.

1939 Registration. RG101/6587A/003/24 : TSCG. Cit. Date: 1939.

8.

1911 Census.

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Tharston Past

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