Alfred Cannon
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No R.V. 23160 (NOTE "V" has "2" below it). R.N.R. (Royal Naval Reserve). H.M.S. Goliath. Difficulty over name. Enlisted as Connor. married as Cannon. Reported Oct. .Nov. 27. Mar. 3. On East Coast of Africa. Address H.M.S Goliath G.P.O. London Goliath torpedoed May 12. No news May 13. 17. 20 Reported missing. probably dead. May 25 wife moved to James St. 4 young children. 2 older.' Note: HMS Goliath was torpedoed on 13 May 1915. (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/2)
External sources: 3 Athol Square; 8 James Street