The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Cheshire


Home     


Photograph by "Len"


Private Fred CHESHIRE,  G/29362, 7th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 70234, Devon Regiment),  killed in action, Flanders France, 8th August 1918.

Born Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, son of John & Louisa E Cheshire.


1911 Census - Oving Road, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - John Cheshire, head, age 50, married, general labourer. born Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire; Louisa E Cheshire, wife age 48, married 26 years, 13 children, 10 still alive, born Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire; Fred Cheshire, son, age 13, school, born Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire; Earnest C Cheshire, son, age 9, school, born Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire; George Cheshire, son, age 8, school, born Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire; Mark Cheshire, son, age 5, school, born Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire; Jack Cheshire, son age 9 months, born Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire.


Enlisted Oxford, Oxfordshire. 

Buried at  Beacon Cemetery, III. I. 6., Sailly-Laurette,  Somme, France.


This page was last updated on 25-Oct-2017.

Copyright  © 2008 Janet & Richard Mason