Year of birth: 1893

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession: Barman

Country: Ireland

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 90523

Enlistment date: 16/01/1917

Enlistment place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Units:  —  Machine Gun Corps, 143rd Coy.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 23/08/1917

Place of death: Springfield - Winnipeg, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 24

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

Private Patrick Cannon was part of the 143rd Machine Gun Company, 48th Division. At 4.45 a.m. on 22 Augustus 1917 the 143rd Machine Gun Company attacked with the 1/5th Royal Warwicks, 143rd Brigade, 48th division. This attacked was aimed at Springfield and Winnipeg. Some gun pits were captured, but the ground conditions prevented further waves going forward. The gun pits fell back in German hands after a counter-attack, but were recaptured later that day. 6 guns of the 143rd Machine Gun Company were send up and had to be positioned at Winnipeg (2), Cemetery (2) and Springfield (2). The war diary of the 143rd Machine Gun Company states that the attack failed. The final position of that day was midway between the jump off line and the Springfield road. On the 23rd of Augustus 1917 the gun pits around Springfield were counterattacked with flamethrowers, but the Germans were driven off. The area was also continuous shelled that day. It's most likely that Private Patrick Cannon was killed by shellfire while consolidating the gains from the previous day north east of St Julian in the direction of Springfield and Winnipeg.

Chris McCarthy, Passchendaele : The Day-by-Day account, 2018, 62-64. Sources used

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1628027/cannon,-patrick/ Sources used

Naval & Military Archive http://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources used

The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used