| Surname: | Canning |
| Initials: | P K |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/15554 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3) Egypt, 5/9/1916. Pte. Buckinghamshire Yeomanry. No. 2582, Born Finsbury, London, age 38.1 years, occupation Cattle Dealer, address: 28 Ashley Road, Crouch Hill, London N19. 23/2/1918 compulsory transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, No. 269536, 13/3/1918 transferred to MMP, 16/3/1918 MP Base School, Kantara, 25/3/1918 L of C Palestine. Served Home 3/9/1915 to 4/9/1916, Egypt 5/9/1916 to 25/3/1919, En Route 26/3/1919 to 22/4/1919, Home 23/4/1919 to 21/4/1919, Discharged 22/4/1919. States he was a Sgt. in the Imperial Light Horse for 228 days, 2 years and 268 days in the Bechuanaland Police. 8/1919 his address was Gaberones, Bechuanaland South Africa. 31/12/1918 he was on HM Hospital Ship, Assay suffering from Malaria and 8/3/1919 to 22/3/1919 he was in Grayling Hospital, Chichester with Malaria. Re patriated to South Africa address Post Office, Mafeking, Cape Colony. Paul Kenyon Canning |