BORN DRIFFIELD, 1892. SON OF JANE & FRED CHEESEMAN, AT 41, WARWICK STREET, HULL, 11, WILDE STREET & LATER 135, BALFOUR STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD. HE WORKED AT RECKITTS, FROM 01/06/1909, AT THE CANISTER WORKS.
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..
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
44755
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
