Année de naissance: 1893

Lieu de naissance: Dublin, Irlande, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Barman

Pays: Irlande, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 90523

Incorporation date: 16/01/1917

Incorporation nom de lieu: Liverpool, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  Machine Gun Corps, 143rd Coy.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 23/08/1917

Lieu de décès: Springfield - Winnipeg, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 24

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

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 utilisées

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

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

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