Lance Corporal John Scanes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1877-04-02
Place of birth: Canada
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1918-05-06
Cause of death:
Accident
Buried:
Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery, I. 387.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 413088
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(21st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Lance Corporal (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 659624
LAC ID:
215922
Service file: B8683-S039
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Scanes; husband of Mary Ellen Scanes, of 15, Ewart Rd., Chatham. Born at Witney, Oxon.
Coroners report available East Sussex Records Office FILE - SCANES - ref. COR/1/3/695 - date: 8 May 1918 States "thrown out of side-car and fractured skull; accidental death"
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 6th Reserve Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-08-07