Source: September 1916 K.I.A.
Family Search: Private Stephen Alexander Fanning was born on 10 May 1874, in County Roscommon, Ireland as the son of Father Fanning and Mother Fanning. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as driver of delivery wagon in Toronto, York, Canada West, British Colonial America. He died on 15 September 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France, at the age of 42.
PTE. S. FANNING DEAD.
Pte. Stephen Fanning, 883 Queen west, reported missing since the Somme offensive on Sept. 15, is now reported to have been killed in action on that date. Mrs. Agnes Lamb, an aunt, received word from Ottawa on Friday, stating that her nephew ha now been reported killed in action. Pte. Fanning left Toronto with a battalion about a year ago, and was drafted into a London Battalion of the second division. Pte. Fanning lived in Toronto three years prior to enlisting, coming to Canada from the United States.
Source: Toronto Star – March 5th, 1917 via CVWM
PTE. STEPHEN FANNING missing, is an Irishman, who enlisted with the 75th Battalion as a recruit from the 9th Mississauga Horse. He was 42 years old, and his aunt, Alice Lamb, formerly of 883 Queen street west.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 