Lesley St Clair Cheape was born at Inchdairnie, Kinglassie Parish District, Fife, Scotland, the son of George Clerk Cheape and his wife Maud Mary Hemmings. Following the death of her father Richard in 1891, Maud inherited the family estate at Bentley Manor, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The family eventually moved there.
Lesley became an England International Polo Player - some consider him one of the greatest 'English players' ever. He was a Captain in the King's Dragoon Guards Regiment. During World War I, whilst attached to the Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment, he was killed in action in Palestine, on Easter Sunday, 23rd April 1916, commanding a squadron of the Worcestershire Yeomanry. He was aged 33. His death is also commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial in modern day Israel.
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Lesley became an England International Polo Player - some consider him one of the greatest 'English players' ever. He was a Captain in the King's Dragoon Guards Regiment. During World War I, whilst attached to the Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment, he was killed in action in Palestine, on Easter Sunday, 23rd April 1916, commanding a squadron of the Worcestershire Yeomanry. He was aged 33. His death is also commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial in modern day Israel.
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Lesley St Clair Cheape was born at Inchdairnie, Kinglassie Parish District, Fife, Scotland, the son of George Clerk Cheape and his wife Maud Mary Hemmings. Following the death of her father Richard in 1891, Maud inherited the family estate at Bentley Manor, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The family eventually moved there.
Lesley became an England International Polo Player - some consider him one of the greatest 'English players' ever. He was a Captain in the King's Dragoon Guards Regiment. During World War I, whilst attached to the Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment, he was killed in action in Palestine, on Easter Sunday, 23rd April 1916, commanding a squadron of the Worcestershire Yeomanry. He was aged 33. His death is also commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial in modern day Israel.
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Lesley became an England International Polo Player - some consider him one of the greatest 'English players' ever. He was a Captain in the King's Dragoon Guards Regiment. During World War I, whilst attached to the Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment, he was killed in action in Palestine, on Easter Sunday, 23rd April 1916, commanding a squadron of the Worcestershire Yeomanry. He was aged 33. His death is also commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial in modern day Israel.
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HUGH ANNESLEY CHEAPE / Nov. 1st 1877 May 27th 1918 / GEORGE RONALD HAMILTON CHEAPE / Feb. 20th 1881 April 29th 1957 / LESLIE St CLAIR CHEAPE / Oct. 5th 1882 April 23rd 1916 / GEORGE RICHARD CHEAPE / 11th June 1913 26th November 1997
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