Private Leslie J Churchman, Service Number 8876
2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Died 30th September 1915
Killed in the Battle of Loos, around Sanctuary Wood
Buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, Belgium
Plot II, Row C, Grave 7 (Reg. B115)
Son of Mr A Churchman, Sawston
The name China Wall comes from a communication trench which ran close by known as the Great Wall of China, whilst the name Perth probably originated with the 2nd Scottish Rifles, who took the cemetery over from the French in June 1917. It was also known during the war as Halfway House Cemetery.
