George Cross Recipient. He married Emily Throp and they went on to have four children, Brian, John, Josephine and Anne. Both Brian and John would serve in the RAF, following in their father’s footsteps. On 26th January 1918, at Spitalgate, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, an aircraft lost control and crashed, bursting into flames. Cannon and Flight Sergeant Albert Warne went to the rescue of the pilot at great personal risk to themselves, as one petrol tank blew up and another was on fire; moreover the aircraft was carrying a belt of live ammunition, which they dragged from the wreckage. They manage to get the pilot out, who was strapped into the plane, but he died shortly afterwards from his injuries.
George Cross Recipient. He married Emily Throp and they went on to have four children, Brian, John, Josephine and Anne. Both Brian and John would serve in the RAF, following in their father’s footsteps. On 26th January 1918, at Spitalgate, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, an aircraft lost control and crashed, bursting into flames. Cannon and Flight Sergeant Albert Warne went to the rescue of the pilot at great personal risk to themselves, as one petrol tank blew up and another was on fire; moreover the aircraft was carrying a belt of live ammunition, which they dragged from the wreckage. They manage to get the pilot out, who was strapped into the plane, but he died shortly afterwards from his injuries.
Bio by: Paul Barnett
