Private 2126 Martin CHAISTY

Private 2126 Martin Chaisty{gallery}Pte M Chaisty{/gallery}1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died of wounds in the Battle of the Lys, France and Flanders, 15th April 1918

• Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais. Grave XXIX.D.5A
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Stepson of Harriet Chaisty
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Chaisty
• Etaples Military Cemetery
• Lancashire Fusiliers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1892 at Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Lived at Assaye Barracks, South Tidworth, Hants [1911]
• Employed in the Lancashire Fusiliers [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Bury. Arrived at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915
• The First Battalion was billeted with families in Nuneaton from January 1915 until departing for Gallipoli
  
• Surname also seen as Cheasty in military records