CHECKETTS Harry James

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
    James 
  • Surname:
    CHECKETTS
  • Service Number:
    4905
  • Rank:

    Rifleman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
  • Battalion:
    21st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th November 1916
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave II. K. 9.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Harry and Mary Checketts, of Evesham, Worcestershire

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CHECKETTS Harry James Is Named On These Memorials

Evesham All Saints Church Checketts Memorial
Evesham War Memorial

Further Information About CHECKETTS Harry James

The inscription on the memorial reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF RIFLEMAN
HARRY JAMES CHECKETTS
21ST LONDON REGT., KILLED AT YPRES
ON NOVEMBER 4TH 1916 AGED 27 YEARS
SCOUTMASTER FIRST EVESHAM
TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS.
A SOLDIER OF CHRIST.

A photograph of Rifleman H.J. Checketts of Evesham can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 25th November 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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