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Captain ALBERT CHEETHAM

Service Number: 152868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1943

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 5.

Lebanese Republic

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1855 Coy. African Pioneer Corps (East Africa)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Cheetham; husband of Helen Dryburgh Cheetham, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED TO SAVE US TOO
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Buried or commemorated at

BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY
Lebanese Republic
Number of casualties: 1214
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