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Fusilier GERALD CHEETHAM

Service Number: 6482292
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. A. 48.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 2 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas James Cheetham and Charlotte Cheetham.
  • Personal Inscription "IN DEATH THE BEAUTY OF HIS DAYS BUT GROWS IN GLORY". LAKE HOUSE, NR. WIGAN
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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