Sergeant Major Francis died at Nottingham, and was buried with full military honours in his native city of Chester. He was stationed in Derry prior to the outbreak of the Great War.
Not only was he mentioned in despatches, but he was also awarded for gallantry at Le Cateau the French Medaille Militaire. In Regimental athletics he had a fine record. He was a good footballer and the champion middleweight boxer of the regiment.
Name: FRANCIS
Initials: J W T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Company Serjeant Major
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment
No. 3 Depot
Age: 27
Date of Death: 25/05/1915
Service No: 7724
Additional information: Medaille Militaire. Son of William and Ellen Francis; husband of Florence Francis, of Boughton Heath, Chester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4266.
Cemetery: CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY
Not only was he mentioned in despatches, but he was also awarded for gallantry at Le Cateau the French Medaille Militaire. In Regimental athletics he had a fine record. He was a good footballer and the champion middleweight boxer of the regiment.
Name: FRANCIS
Initials: J W T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Company Serjeant Major
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment
No. 3 Depot
Age: 27
Date of Death: 25/05/1915
Service No: 7724
Additional information: Medaille Militaire. Son of William and Ellen Francis; husband of Florence Francis, of Boughton Heath, Chester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4266.
Cemetery: CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY
Sergeant Major Francis died at Nottingham, and was buried with full military honours in his native city of Chester. He was stationed in Derry prior to the outbreak of the Great War.
Not only was he mentioned in despatches, but he was also awarded for gallantry at Le Cateau the French Medaille Militaire. In Regimental athletics he had a fine record. He was a good footballer and the champion middleweight boxer of the regiment.
Name: FRANCIS
Initials: J W T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Company Serjeant Major
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment
No. 3 Depot
Age: 27
Date of Death: 25/05/1915
Service No: 7724
Additional information: Medaille Militaire. Son of William and Ellen Francis; husband of Florence Francis, of Boughton Heath, Chester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4266.
Cemetery: CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY
Not only was he mentioned in despatches, but he was also awarded for gallantry at Le Cateau the French Medaille Militaire. In Regimental athletics he had a fine record. He was a good footballer and the champion middleweight boxer of the regiment.
Name: FRANCIS
Initials: J W T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Company Serjeant Major
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment
No. 3 Depot
Age: 27
Date of Death: 25/05/1915
Service No: 7724
Additional information: Medaille Militaire. Son of William and Ellen Francis; husband of Florence Francis, of Boughton Heath, Chester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4266.
Cemetery: CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY
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