Name
Reginald William George Cannon
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
13/02/1945
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
T/5835621
Royal Army Service Corps
249 Troops Carrying Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
I. A. 19.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF REGGIE. THO' WE ARE FAR APART YOU ARE EVER IN MY THOUGHTS. MOTHER
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St. Mark’s Church Memorial, Hitchin, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He was born in Leicester and resided there at the time of enlistment. His Service Number was T/5835621 and he was in the 249th Troop Carrying Company R.A.S.C. He died from a fractured skull as a result of an accident whilst serving on the Western Front in a forward area.
He is buried in Plot I, Row A, Grave 19 in the Leopoldsburg War Cemetery in Belgium.
He was the son of Frank and Lucy Gertrude Cannon of 47, Mattocke Rd, Hitchin and the brother of Bombardier Ronald Frank Cannon.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Paul Johnson - local historian, Herts Pictorial dated 27th Feb 1945
