BORN DRIFFIELD, 1892. SON OF JANE & FRED CHEESEMAN, AT 41, WARWICK STREET, HULL, 11, WILDE STREET & LATER 135, BALFOUR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). TWO BROTHERS & FOUR SISTERS. AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE ATTENDANT. HE WORKED AT RECKITTS, FROM 01/06/1909, AT THE CANISTER WORKS, DANSOM LANE, HULL.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 06/12/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 39879, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 02/06/1917. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/7TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT ON 22/06/1917. HE WAS KILLED TWO MONTHS LATER, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 25.
HE IS LISTED ON THE RECKITTS’ FACTORY WAR MEMORIAL, DANSOM LANE. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, IN BELGIUM.
| Name | Fred Cheesman |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Driffield, Yorkshire, 1892 |
| Death Date | 9 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull 8 Dec 1915. Called up – 12 Mar 1917. Posted to France, 3 June 1917 |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Manchester Regiment |
| Battalion | 2/7th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 44755 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 39870, Durham L.I. |
