To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Lance Corporal

Chessman, William

 

Leicestershire Regiment

1st Battalion

Associate Regiment and Unit:-

Unknown

 

 

Died

Age:

26

Date of Death:

1944/09/12

Cause of Death:

Japanese PoW lost at sea

Place of Death:

Kachidoki Maru, Convoy HI-72 sailed from Singapore. Sunk by USS Pampanito, North East of Hainan Island off China

 

Loved Ones

Son of George and Isabella Chessman, of Coalville, Leicestershire; husband of Lily Chessman, of Coalville.

 

Memorial

Column 64.

SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

Kranji War Cemetery west of the Singapore-Johore road (Bukit Timah Expressway) on Woodlands Road

Singapore

 

4 Group from Thailand-Burma Railway

 

 

 

 

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