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John Cheshire

Ancestry site, Military Records
Private John Chesshire born and resided in Beoley, enlisted in Redditch, Service No 202071,
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1/7 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action, 16 August 1917, France.
Mentioned on Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 75 to 77, Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium, aged
21, parents Henry and Anne Maria Chesshire of Gorcot Hill, Beoley.

Private John Chesshire – source:-www.findagrave.com

Remembered on Beoley war memorial as John Cheshire

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 29
September 1917

Wounded
Chesshire J. H (202071) from Redditch
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk – Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 13 October
1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Previously Reported Wounded now Reported Wounded and Missing
Cheshire J. H (202071) from Redditch
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk – Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 15
December 1917

Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Previously Reported Wounded and Missing, now Reported Killed
Chesshire J. (202071) from Beoley
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk – Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger

He is remembered on the Worcestershire Regiment Roll of Honour at:-
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/roll_honour_WW1_C

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