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Lieutenant JOHN De CARRICH CHEAPE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

8th Bn. attd. 13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

II. A. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Antoinette Ann Cheape, of Great Streele, Framfield, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription WE MARCH TO OUR FRESH BEGINNING THROUGH FEAR,THROUGH DEATH LIKE CHRIST
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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