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Military service
Service number:
249313
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
October 14, 1885
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. G. 8.
Additional information
Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin James Cannon; husband of Agnes Cannon, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Harold Cannon
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Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
Ernest Harold Cannon's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 61 of 1004. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Harold Cannon
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Harold Cannon
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Harold Cannon
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Harold Cannon
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Harold Cannon
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Harold Cannon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 380 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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