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Eric Edward Cheesman

Birth: Dec 1916
Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England
Death: 11 Jul 1929 (aged 12)
Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England
Burial: Woodlands Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 47057644 View Source

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Added: Jan 24, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47057644/eric_edward-cheesman: accessed ), memorial page for Eric Edward Cheesman (Dec 1916–11 Jul 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47057644, citing Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England; Maintained by Home Children Canada (contributor 47220772).

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Eric with his mother Elizabeth Cheesman

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Eric with his father Edward Cheesman

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Eric's grave taken November 2010 by John Sullivan after refurbishment by Medway Council.

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Biography published in the Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Observer
July 19th 1929

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This general view, taken January 2010, shows the plot where most of the victims of the tragedy were laid to rest.

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This article was the first one published in 2010 after our campaign to have these graves fixed and a memorial place in the park in memory of these lives. It was published on July 10 and 11 by the Kent on Saturday and Kent on Sunday newspapers in Kent, England marking the 81 anniversary of this tragedy.

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A follow up article published by the KOS newspaper in England. Published July 24th 2010

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The first of the funeral cards printed in 1929 after the tragedy

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1930 Garden Party in Chatham, Eric's sister was in attendence
Molly Cheesman - believed to be either the tall girl on the right hand side of this photo or the girl with her face turned from the camera.
Childhood friend Dorothy Phillips in the foreground
The boy in the back - Lewis Sears, girl behind Dorothy's right shoulder - Dora Button

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Remembered, loved and never to be forgotten. Taken at the Woodland Cemetery Family Commemoration Service of July 10 2011. xx

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