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Burial/memorial information
Also known as William Robert Cann.
Digital gallery of Private William Robert Palmer
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Palmer
Inscription on memorial at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, UK showing William Palmer's name.
Image taken 10 June 2014.
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Palmer
Cross of Sacrifice at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, UK.
Image taken 10 June 2014.
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Palmer
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 37 of 1004. Served as William Robert Cann. Drowned at sea when HS Anglia, a hospital ship, struck a mine and sank off Dover on 17 November 1915.
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Inscription on memorial at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, UK showing William Palmer's name. Image taken 10 June 2014.
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Cross of Sacrifice at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, UK. Image taken 10 June 2014.
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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 37 of 1004. Served as William Robert Cann. Drowned at sea when HS Anglia, a hospital ship, struck a mine and sank off Dover on 17 November 1915.
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Page 31 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL Hampshire, United Kingdom
HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL is situated within Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton.
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