CHEAPE Leslie St Clair

  • First Name(s):
    Leslie 
    St Clair 
  • Surname:
    CHEAPE
  • Service Number:
    L0
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    1st King's Dragoon Guards
  • Unit:
    Attached to Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd April 1916
  • Age At Death:
    33
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Colonel G. C. Cheape, of Wellfield, Gateside, Fife, and Mrs. Cheape, of Bently Manor, Worcestershire

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Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars with the additional information: Major (King’s Dragoon Guards). Tardebigge St Bartholomew’s Church with the information: Maj. Webheath St Philip’s Church WW1 War Memorial.

Further Information About CHEAPE Leslie St Clair

Captain and Adjt. L. St C. Cheape 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry (1st King’s Dragoon Guards), embarked at Avonmouth 9th April 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 24th April 1915. Wounded 13th December 1915 (W.F. Force). Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in action on 23rd April 1916.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 €“ 1922.

Youngest son of Colonel G.C. Cheape, Wellfield, Gateside, Fife and Mrs Cheape, Bentley Manor, Worcestershire. Born 5th October 1882. Captain in 1st Dragoon Guards, attached Worcestershire Yeomanry. Slightly wounded in 1915 in Egypt. Lost at Katia (Qatiya), Egypt when the Worcestershire Yeomanry suffered heavy casualties after being attacked by the Turks.

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Credits: Casualty details and Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor. Additional information transcribed and researched by Adrian Carter.