Alfred Cheetham

Alfred Cheetham was a member of several Antarctic expeditions. He served as third officer for both the Nimrod and Imperial TransAntarctic expeditions. He died at sea when his ship was torpedoed during World War I.

Alfred Buchanan Cheetham was born in Liverpool, England to John and Annie Elizabeth Cheetham. His family moved to Hull sometime during his youth , and he went to sea as a teenager, working on the fishing fleets of the North Sea and farther afield. He married Eliza Sawyer and they hadchildren together. Cheetham worked from his base in Hull as a merchant navy boatswain and a reservist for the Royal Navy.

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