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Military service
Service number:
55979
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
February 4, 1898
Essex, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 12, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 17, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
O. 296.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cheese, of Devon, England.
Digital gallery of Private William John Cheese
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Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Photo of William John Cheese
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Grave marker
William at Shorncliffe June 2021
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Private William John Cheese
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cheese
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cheese
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 9 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY Kent, United Kingdom
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