JOHN+CHEVENS

CWGC: Chevens SD: (Chevers), John, Lance-Corporal, 13648, 10th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Born: Bamford, Derby. Enlisted: Sheffield. Residence: Leighton Buzzard, Beds. Died of wounds 2nd July 1916. Aged 27. Son of Ben Chevens; husband of Nora B Chevens, of Bird’s Hill, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France. Grave reference: I B 18.
 * John Chevens (Chevers) **

1911 Census Aged 22 A Midland Railway labourer Boarding at the home of John Winfield, a Midland Railway labourer, of 3, The Hill, Hathersage, Derbyshire