Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
Coagh - Those That Served
Updates for Private John Canavan
Date Information
24/02/2019 No newspaper reports has been found from the time which relate to John Canavan.
24/02/2019 There are two Medal Cards for a Private John Canavan who served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Further research indicates both were discharged before the end of the war due to their injuries. Their service numbers were 3401 and 4538.
24/02/2019 There are no obvious occurrences of a John Canavan in the Coagh area in either the 1901 or 1911 census.
24/02/2019 Very little, if any information is known about John Canavan.
24/02/2019
24/02/2019 The History of Coagh booklet lists Private John Canavan as having served with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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Coagh & District in WW1
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