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Lance Corporal WILLIAM CHEETHAM

Service Number: 24974
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 March 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. LEGER BRITISH CEMETERY

G. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Mary Jane Cheetham, of Rose Cottage, Howick Lane, Howick, Preston. Native of Darwen.
  • Personal Inscription DEEPLY REGRETTED
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. LEGER BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 204
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