John William Daniel Chaney

A Private with the 1/4th Battalion, John died on 3rd of March 1916 at the age of 23. 

John was born at Lowestoft in 1892 a son of John William and Lucy Ann Barrett (nee Chaney). In 1901 his family lived at 2 Gladstone Cottages, Tonning Street, and by 1911 at 9 Kent Road, and John was a barman at a restaurant.

John volunteered and enlisted in the Army, at Lowestoft, in late 1912. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 1514, and served with the 1/4th Battalion. John did not go to France with the rest of the Battalion in November 1914, but joined them in France in early 1916. 

In late February 1916 the 1/4th Battalion were in trenches near Philosophe. Records shows that John was killed in action but no further details are known.