65482 Pte John Frederick Irwin, 15th Bn, Cheshire Regiment

Twenty year old 65482 Pte John Frederick Irwin of the 15th Cheshire Regiment died of wounds on this day, 18th July, in 1918. Soldiers Died in The Great War notes that he had previously served with the Cheshire Yeomanry (number 210465).

He is buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery and is commemorated fully on John Hartley's excellent Stockport 1914-1918 website.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (BMD, MIC)
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in the Great War
More Than A Name - Stockport 1914-1918