In Memory Of
McCANN, FRANCIS
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
3016
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-13
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. On the 12th October, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range. The two battalions, which had suffered heavily, were relieved by the 3rd S.A.I. during the night of the 12th-13th October.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
B. 13.
Cemetery:
BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Francis and Sarah Ann McCann, of 16, Edward St., Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland.
