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Private FREDERICK GEORGE CHECKSFIELD

Service Number: 18325
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

II. G. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Rose Checksfield, of Hewitt's Farm, Chelsfield, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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