Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Harold Cannell
In memory of:
Engine Room Storekeeper Harold Cannell
January 20, 1946
Cochin, India
Military Service
25
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Empire Cyprus (Greenock, Scotland) (169523)
Additional Information
March 19, 1920
Vancouver, British Columbia
His full name is Harold John Cannell.
Son of Richard Thomas Cannell and Frances Celia Wynne. Husband of Helen Mullarky, of West Derby, England. Father of four children, including James, Thomas Michael and Robert Anthony Cannell. In the First World War Richard enlisted on July 23, 1915, at Shorncliffe, England, with the 52nd Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 438170. Transferred to the 8th Battalion, he fought in France and Belgium where he was wounded in action at Ypres on June 3, 1916. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Harold died of smallpox on January 20, 1946, at Willingdon Island, Cochin, India.
Commemorated on Page 107 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
MADRAS WAR CEMETERY
India
5. F. 5.
MADRAS WAR CEMETERY is about 5 kilometres from the airport and 14 kilometres from the central railway station. The GST Road (Great Southern Trunk Road) leads from the airport past Trident Hotel to Kathipara roundabout - there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission road direction sign on a small triangular island showing the way to the cemetery via Mount Poonamall Road passing at the foot of St. Thomas Mount. The cemetery can easily be located on the right hand side of the road 1 kilometre from St. Thomas Mount. From Madras Central Railway Station the route is up Mount Road (Anna Selai) and over the bridge which crosses the River Cooun. The route passes St. Mary's Cemetery on Pallawan Road and is via LIC building (Life Insurance Corporation Building) situated on Mount Road, which leads to Anna Flyover and to Kathipara Junction.
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