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Commemorations in St Philip and St James Church, Leckhampton |
Location: Painswick Street, Cheltenham |
Grid Reference: SO 945213 |
Commemorations on Graves: Nil |
Commemorations in the Church: 1 |
Last Visited: October 2004 |
IWM Register of WM Ref: In due course |
Commemorations in the Church |
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The memorial plaque to Lt Col Richard Chester CHESTER-MASTER DSO*, 13th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, situated in the St Philip and St James Church. He was killed in action leading his battalion in the Locre area of Belgium on 30th August 1917 aged 47. He is buried in the Locre Hospice Cemetery, Heuvelland, Belgium. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial, the St Philips and St James Church Roll of Honour and the Cirencester War Memorial. He is also commemorated at Christ Church College, Oxford, at Harrow School, on the Almondsbury War Memorial, and in St Mary’s Church, Almondsbury. His family resided at “St Clair”, The Park, Cheltenham and his widow, Mrs Geraldine Mary Rose Chester-Master, later resided at Querns Lance House, Cirencester. |
Notes: 1. St Philip and St James Church Roll of Honour can be viewed here. |
Page last updated: 30th September 2017
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