We remember Frederick Charles Chesters

We remember Frederick Charles Chesters

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Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Bedminster, Bristol United Kingdom Source:9166894 1897
1914
enlistment Source:9166888 23rd June 1914
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9166889 23rd May 1916 - 15th September 1917
1916
awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:9166889 21st September 1916
1917
hospitalisation Shell gas - Etaples Hospital/Institution Source:9166889 11th September 1917
1918
service British Army Private 87820 Royal Defence Corps Source:9166889 24th September 1918 - 25th January 1919
1919
discharge Source:9166888 25th January 1919
service British Army Private 2040 Gloucestershire Regiment Source:793095
service British Army Private 2000333 Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion Source:9166887
1919
death Died of wounds Died from gas poisoning received in France United Kingdom Source:9166887 Source:9174009 2nd February 1919
burial Bristol (arnos Vale) Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Gloucestershire United Kingdom JJJ. 89 Source:9166887
sibling Annie Elizabeth Chesters Source:9174009
sibling Florence May Chesters Source:9174009

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Frederick Charles
Initials FC
Last Name Chesters,
Source 9166887
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 2040 Gloucestershire Regiment Private
British Army 2000333 Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion Private
British Army 87820 Royal Defence Corps Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Silver War Badge Honourable Discharge
MM British Award/Decoration
Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
K mother
Hugh Chesters father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Annie Elizabeth Chesters sister
Florence May Chesters sister

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Anne23518
Silver War Badge Roll Transcription Anne23518
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Anne23518
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Anne23518
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Anne23518

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Multimedia

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Grave in Gloucestershire DR117137
Military Medal Vincent96527
Silver War Badge Vincent96527

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