Name
Gerald Cheeseman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/05/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
57781
Worcestershire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
V. A. 89.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Bushey memorials
Pre War
Born in Bushey in 1899, Gerald Leslie Cheeseman was the fourth of six children of William George and Leonora Eleanor (née McCarthy) Cheeseman, who were married in 1890 in the Chertsey registration district.
The family made their home at 62 Rosebery Road, Bushey and Gerald went to school in the village. His father was a police constable with the Metropolitan Police.
At the time of the 1911 census Gerald was still at school.
Wartime Service
Gerald enlisted in Whitehall, London as Private 57781 with the Worcestershire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, by which time the family had moved to Tufnell Park, London.
He served in France and Flanders and died on 8 May 1918, aged 18.
According to his pension record, this was at the 58th clearing station, France. It also shows the dependant as Mrs Leonora E Cheeseman of 33 Dalmeny Road, Tufnell Park, London and gives a pension of 3/6 from 19/11/18.
He was buried at Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in northern France.
Additional Information
Information provided with kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
