In Memory Of
CHENEY, RALPH
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
1879-11-25
Service No:
5114
Rank:
Private
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 4th SAI lost 6 officers and 200 men
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. B. 31.
Cemetery:
LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Benjamin and Eliza Ann Cheney, late of Northants, England. Served in the South African Campaign. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916.
