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Private CHARLES WILLIAM CHECKLEY

Service Number: 14517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

A. 38. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of J. and L. Checkley; husband of Grace Checkley, of 125, Argyle St., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN FOR HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 3083
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