| 07/03/2018 |
The CWGC record Corporal William McCann as the son of the late John McCann, of 42 Greenville Road, Bloomfield, Belfast. |
| 07/03/2018 |
Lance Corporal W McCann has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial in France. |
| 07/03/2018 |
Lance Corporal William McCann was serving with A Company in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action in France on Sunday 25th October 1914. |
| 07/03/2018 |
William enlisted in Newry, joining the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles and arrived at Rouen, France on 14th August 1914. |
| 07/03/2018 |
William McCann was the son of John McCann. He was born in Stewartstown about 1889. |
