Private 81602 Edward James CHEANEY

Private 81602 Edward James Cheaney{gallery}Pte E J Cheaney{/gallery}15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 16th April 1918 aged 39

• Buried: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 128 to 131, 162 and 162A
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Jane Cheaney [nee Statham]
  
• Husband of Annie Maria Cheaney [nee Sansome]. Married 22 Jan 1899.  Now of 34 Queen’s Park, Hinckley
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Cheaney
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Durham Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1879 at Wiggington, Tamworth
• Lived at 1 Prospect Terrace, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 37 London Road, Hinckley [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner / hewer [1901, 1911 & 1914]
• Enlisted 3 Sep 1914 at Nuneaton. Arrived in Egypt 5 Sep 1915