Chester Cathedral Cheshire Regiment Chapel

The Chapel of the Cheshire Regiment can be found in the south transept of the Cathedral.

2nd Battalion

Operations in

Burma 1887-9

Sgt RICHARD ROLAND

Cpl G H GIBSON

Lce Cpl CHARLES LUXOM

HARRY SIMMS

Dr S W BARBER

PRIVATES:

CHARLES BERESFORD

HENRY BROWN

THOMAS DALE

WILLIAM DRURY

THOMAS FARRELL

JOSEPH FERUS

ROBERT FRASER

WILLIAM HADEN

THOMAS HOOKS

JOHN ISHERWOOD

GEORGE JACKMAN

JAMES LEIGH

JAMES MAHER

THOMAS MARGERSON

JOHN MACDONALD

[A new stone block appears to have been added]

JAMES MENTOR

THOMAS O'LOUGHLIN

JOSEPH PEERS

JOHN PIERCE

HUGH RAFFERTY

HERBERT SMITH

GEORGE WOOD

2nd Battalion Killed in Action

and died on active service

in South Africa A:D: 1900 1902

CAPt C W COLLINS

Lce Sgt J W DICKSON

Lce Sgt J T PATCHETT

Cpl CHARLES BRADBURY

Cpl HERBERT LITTLER

Lce Cpl GEORGE BARTON

Lce Cpl DANIEL DUNN

Lce Cpl WILLIAM MAGEE

Lce Cpl DAVID REID

PRIVATES:

JOHN ADNITT

JOHN ALLEN

JAMES ALLEN

JAMES BILTON

THOMAS BOURNE

RICHARD BUTLER

A J CARTWRIGHT

ALFRED CORNFORTH

J M V DALY

DAVID DICKENS

CHARLES EBERALL

THOMAS EBBELWHITE

RICHARD EVANS

ALFRED FISHER

PETER FRENCH

WILLIAM GARRETT

SAMUEL GOODIER

J GRANEY

BENJAMIN GREENHALGH

JOSEPH HORE

JOSEPH HEALEY

FREDERICK HEMMINGS

ROBERT HETHERINGTON

ALBERT HOLDEN

JOHN HOWARTH

WILLIAM JACKSON

JOHN JEFFS

WILLIAM KELLY

GEORGE KIMBER

HENRY LEE

C A LILLIE

ROBERT MAKIN

W MCGUINESS

HENRY MURPHEY

BENJAMIN NORRIS

ARTHUR PEARSON

WILLIAM ROWLETT

E W SHAW

THOMAS SIMMONS

HENRY SIMPSON

CHARLES SMITH

W H TAVENER

CHARLES TOMLINSON

A J TUDOR

BDsman PERCIVAL TUFFS

C H UPTON

THOMAS WEAVER

W H WHITTINGHAM

Afghanistan 1880

CAPTAIN E STRATON

Died in Foreign

Service 1st Batt

1885 to 1904

OF WOUNDS RECEIVED

IN ACTION

Pte JOHN WATSON

CHIN HILLS Dec 3 1889

OF DISEASE

TWO HUNDRED & TWENTY

SEVEN N.C.O & MEN

Drowned on duty

at Belfast

28th Oct 1909

Lce Sgt J FITZPATRICK

Pte W WHELAN

Killed in Action

CHIN -LUSHAI

EXPEDITION

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23rd MARCH 1890

MAJOR F.E.C.H.

GORDON CUMMING

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Cpl RALPH HUNTER

Lce Cpl JOHN WYNNE

PRIVATES

GEORGE BRAZIER

WILLIAM BROWN

FRANK CADMAN

JOHN DAVIES

JAMES FOSTER

JOHN JACKSON

EVAN JONES

GEORGE KING

JOHN MCMANUS

WILLIAM THOMPSON

Killed in Action

at Hyderabad

24 March 1843

CORPORAL JOHN BELL

PRIVATES

WILLIAM ARTHURS

WILLIAM BROAD

JOHN COLLINGS

HUGH COLLINS

ELIJA COLLISON

EDWARD DEEGAN

WILLIAM ENGLAND

HENRY FEALE

MICHAEL GRIFFIN

GEORGE LUNN

THOMAS MCLELLAND

JAMES MARTIN

THOMAS MIDDLETON

THOMAS OAKLEY

JOHN PILKINGTON

EDWARD REGAN

CHARLES RIDER

DAVID SALLIS

JOHN STAUNTON

FRANCIS THORNTON

JOHN WYNNE

Killed in Action

at Meanee

17th Feb 1843

CAPTAIN J MC L TEW

SERGT ROBERT MARTIN

CORPL PATRICK CRISM

CORPL JOHN HICKEY

PRIVATES

WILLIAM BROWN

DANIEL BRENAN

MICHAEL COOGAN

JOHN COLGAN

JOHN ENNIS

JAMES FARNIN

PATRICK HEGARTY

ISAAC HOWES

MICHAEL HURLEY

JOHN HYDON

JOSEPH JAMES

EUGENE McCARTHY

PETER McCLUSKY

HUGH McPRETTY

ALAXANDER MOFFATT

THOMAS MOLYNEUX

JOHN NAVIN

JOHN O'BRIEN

JAMES O'DONNELL

THEODORE PERRINS

WILLIAM RAVENSCROFT

IN MEMORY 1945 - 2007
Cpl A Kent (Det SAS) Dhofar 13.3.1974
Cpl D A SMITH N Ireland 4.7.1974
Pte F A FALLOWS (Det 1R HAMPS) N Ireland 10.11.1976
Pte T M ADAM (ACC Att) N Ireland 6.12.1982
L Cpl S BAGSHAW N Ireland 6.12.1982
Pte C J COLLINS N Ireland 6.12.1982
Pte P DELANEY (ACC Att) N Ireland 6.12.1982
L Cpl P McDONOUGH N Ireland 6.12.1982
Pte D MURRAY N Ireland 6.12.1982
Pte S G SMITH N Ireland 6.12.1982
L Cpl D W STITT N Ireland 6.12.1982
Pte N WILLIAMS N Ireland 6.12.1982
Pte S A WILLIAMSON N Ireland 6.12.1982

Amongst the commemorative floor tiles are two remembering The Cheshire Regiment's 2 Victoria Cross recipients.

TO REMEMBER

PTE. T A JONES V.C. D.C.M.

THE 22nd (CHESHIRE) REGIMENT

VICTORIA CROSS WON AT MORVAL

26th SEPT 1916

BORN 1880 DIED 1956

TO REMEMBER

MAJOR H. COLVIN V.C.

THE 22nd (CHESHIRE) REGIMENT

VICTORIA CROSS WON AT

KLIEN ZILLEBEKE

20th SEPTEMBER 1917

BORN 1887 - DIED 1962

Photos by Chris Gleave.