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L/Cpl. Robert McChesney

British Army 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Seaham, County Durham

(d.4th July 1916)

My great uncle, Lance Corporal Robert McChesney, 22/1175 22nd Tyneside Scottish, Northumberland Fusiliers died on 4th of July 1916 of wounds sustained on the 1st of July, the 1st day of the battle of the Somme. He is buried at Heily Gate Cemetery, Picardy, France and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour at St Hilda's and St Helen's Church, Seaham County Durham. He is in the roll of honour under the misspelled name of Chesney in John Sheen's book, 'The Tyneside Scottish Northumberland Fusiliers'.



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