Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
The inscription on his memorial tells us that he was the 'SECOND SON OF ROBERT CHENEY ESQR
OF MEYNELS LANGLEY, DERBYSHIRE; HE WAS BORN 4TH NOV 1778,
HE JOINED, AS CORNET THE SCOTCH GREYS IN HOLLAND;
UNDER THE DUKE OF YORK 1794; WHERE HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED;
AND SERVED WITH HONOUR IN THE SAME REGIMENT AT WATERLOO
IN THE BATTLE OF THE 18TH JUNE. FOUR HORSES WERE KILLED
AND THE FIFTH WOUNDED UNDER HIM, AND THE COMMAND
OF THE REGIMENT DEVOLVED UPON HIM
HE MARRIED IN 1811 ELIZA, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
JOHN AYRE ESQR, OF GADDESBY;
AND DIED THERE 3RD MARCH 1848.