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Bombardier PERCY JOSEPH CHEESLEY

Service Number: 65638
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

45th Bty.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH MARSTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

325.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Amy Ann Cheesley, of Ferndale Cottage, South Marston, and the late Sidney P. Cheesley.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH MARSTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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