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.

Chester Cathedral Meanee & Hyderabad Memorial

THIS TABLET WAS MOVED FROM

ST THOMAS CHURCH

HYDERABAD, SIND IN 1952

TO THE MEMORY OF

THE OFFICERS AND MEN

WHO FELL IN THE BATTLES OF

MEANEE AND HYDERABAD

UNDER MAJOR GENERAL

SIR CHARLES NAPIER

K.C.B.

THE CONQUEROR OF SIND

MEANEE

17th FEBRUARY 1843

Major H C Teasdale. Commanding 25 Regt Bbay N I . 1

Capt W W Tew. H Ms 22 Regt ..................................... 1

Capt (Brevet Major) W H Jackson 12 Regt Bbay N I ....1

Lieut (Brevet Capt) R N Meade 12 Regt Bbay N I ....... 1

Lieut E Wood 12 Regt Bbay N I ................................... 1

European non Commissioned Officer .......................... 1

Privates of H Ms 22 Regiment ................................... 24

Native non Commissioned Officers ............................. 2

Sepoys ................................................................... 3062

HYDERABAD

24th MARCH 1843

Capt Garratt 9 Regiment Bengal Light Cavalry ............ 1

Lieut J C Smith 1 Troop Horse Artillery ........................ 1

Lieut Frank Burr 21 Regt N I mortally Wounded .......... 1

Privates of H Ms 22 Regiment ................................... 23

Sepoys ................................................................... 1440

Photo by Chris Gleave.

Chester Cathedral Cheshire Regiment South Africa Memorial

The Cheshire Regiment Boer War Memorial in the south transept, another Boer War Memorial is located in the Cheshire Regiment Chapel commemorating the 2nd Battalion.

To the Glory of God and in Memory

OF THOSE GALLANT SOLDIERS OF THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN

SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE YEARS 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 

2nd BATTALION

-----

Captain

C W COLLINS

-----

Lance Sergeants

J DICKSON

J PATCHETT

-----

Corporals

H LITTLER

C BRADBURY

-----

Lance-Corporals

W MAGEE

D DUNN

G BARTON

D REID

-----

Privates

R EVANS

H SIMPSON

J HARE

T WEAVER

R MAKIN

R BUTLER

J HOWARTH

P MURPHY

H UPTON

C EBBRALL

B GREENHALGH

J ADNITT

H LEE

J TOMLINSON

J ALLEN

A ELKES

T BOURNE

W JAMES

W ROWLETT

C LILLIE

T SIMMONDS

W McGUINNESS

R KIMBER

J BILTON

J JEFFS

R WHITTINGHAM

S GOODIER

G FRENCH

R HETHERINGTON

H TAVENOR

E W SHAW

J GRANEY

A FISHER

P TUFFS

P HEALEY

T EBBLEWHITE

A PEARSON

A CORNFORTH

A J TUDOR

J ALLEN

W JACKSON

W GARRETT

W HOLDEN

B NORRIS

D DICKENS

W KELLY

J H N DALEY

T STOTT

J CARTWRIGHT

T HEMMINGS

3rd BATTALION

-----

Sergeant

W J ROLFE

-----

Lance-Corporals

P McGERTY

F KIRKHAM

-----

Drummer

W GREENLAND

-----

Privates 

G COTTRELL

F HEESOM

T MAHONEY

A CALDWELL

W GROOM

J DILLON

B COLLINS

T DARMODY

L LYNAM

4th BATTALION

-----

2nd Lieutenant

F A B POOK

-----

Colour Sergeants

J WHITE

J McCAFFREY

-----

Sergeants

H LAWFORD

J J BAILEY

-----

Corporal

E MENDES

-----

Lance-Corporals

J H ROWBOTHAM

W McKAY

J WESTWOOD

-----

Privates

J M CARRY

W GREENHALGH

J GERRIGHTY

J H HIGGINBOTHAM

S SHEPPARD

S SHELDON

A MELLOR

A REYNOLDS

W TURNER

J GILLIGAN

G MELLOR

T WALSH

J GOLDEN

Privates

F DOWNEY

J CUSICK

M THOMAS

J WHITFIELD

H HAGUE

J BRADLEY

J W FLYNN

W STONIER

C HOLT

A HAYE

J T OWENS

A SCRAGG

J McMANUS

A FRAIN

-----

VOLUNTEER

SERVICE

COMPANIES

-----

Corporal

J BUCKLEY

-----

Lance-Corporal

F NEWSTEAD

-----

Privates

J BANKS

J ELLIS

J COX

J BOOTH

W JOHNSTONE

W H JONES

W PRICE

J HANCOCK

J C HEFFERN

H ORCHARD

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY ALL RANKS SERVING IN THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND SOME FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY

Photograph by Chris Gleave

Chester Cathedral Arnold House School Window

ARNOLD 

HOUSE 

SCHOOL 

CHESTER 

(1884-1910) 

TO THE GLORY OF GOD 

AND IN 

HONOUR AND REMEMBERANCE 

OF THE 

BOYS OF THE SCHOOL 

WHO IN THE GREAT WAR 

GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR 

KING AND COUNTRY 

This window was placed 

here by their school fellows 

and friends AD 1921 

ERIC ARDEN 

Canadian Forces 

JOHN ARMSTRONG 

Royal Flying Corps 

D BAILLIE-HAMILTON 

Canadian Forces 

ARTHUR W BARNES 

Cheshire Regiment 

W ROBERT BIRCH 

Ox & Bucks Light Inf 

H LaTROBE CAMPBELL 

Royal Engineers 

FREDERICK COPLESTONE 

Royal Navy 

JOPHN CULLIMORE 

Cheshire Regiment 

ALEC CURLETT 

the Kings Lpool Regt 

WILLIAM E DAVIES 

Cheshire Regiment 

HUGH F DAVIES 

Cheshire Regiment 

HAROLD G EWING 

The Kings Lpool Regt 

JOSEPH GROVES 

West Riding Regiment 

ROLAND M HAMILTON 

Cheshire Regiment 

J GERMAN HARRISON 

Trench Mortar Battery 

BRIAN HARRISON 

Royal Welch Fusiliers 

EDWARD G HODGE 

Canadian Forces 

EDWARD KENDALL 

Royal Navy Min Service 

CHARLES P LINDER 

Machine Gun Corps 

W WALLACE MILN 

Northumberland Fusiliers 

WILLIAM H MOORE 

The Kings Lpool Regiment 

JOHN NIGHTINGALE 

Tank Corps 

NORMAN OKELL 

Australian Forces 

JOHN OVERTON 

Royal Welch Fusiliers 

GODFREY F OWEN 

South African Mid Rifles 

ALAN SHERIFF ROBERTS 

Royal Welsh Fusiliers 

HENRY SHERIFF ROBERTS 

Royal Welsh Fusiliers 

FRED SHERIFF ROBERTS 

Royal Welsh Fusiliers 

W H SATTERTHWAITE 

Kings Own Royal Lancs Rgt 

THOMAS A SIDDALL 

Royal Fusiliers 

BRUCE SINGLEHURST 

Northumberland Fusiliers 

WILBRAHAM F SMITH 

Cheshire Regiment 

HUGH STONEX 

Royal Dublin Fusiliers 

KENNETH STORRAR 

Royal Welch Fusiliers 

ANDREW SUMPTER 

Cheshire Regiment 

J EDWARD TILSTON 

Machine Gun Corps 

FREDERICK T VERNON. 

Cheshire Regiment 

HAROLD H WALLEY 

Royal Garrison Art 

ROBERT C WALTON 

Royal Welch Fusiliers 

Photos by Chris Gleave.

Chester Cathedral H.M.S.Chester Memorial

On the wall of the southwest crossing is a memorial of H.M.S.Chester.

H.M.S. CHESTER

ROLL OF HONOUR

THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND

MAY 31st 1916

Cyril A.WALTON, M.A., Chaplain R.N.

George H.W.WILLIAMSON, Lieut. R.N.R.

George SPILLETT, P.O.I.

Edward G.ARTER, L.S.

John W.FURBY, Ord.

John WELLS, Ord.

John H.YELLOLY, Ord.

Sidney WISE, Ord.

John N.KIRKPATRICK, Ord.

James D.WAGHORN, Ord.

William H.ROY, Ch Yeo.Sigs.

James V.OLDERSHAW, Yeo.Sigs.

George LISTER, Yeo.Sigs.

George E.DINN, Ldg.Sig.

Frederick G.McKENZIE, Sign.

Henry FOSKER, Sailmaker's Mate

William H.COOPER, Sh.Corp.

Percy F.BLAKE, Off.Std.

Alfred L.HOWLING, Off.Std.

Raymond W.THORP, Bugler R.M.L.I.

Albert H.TUCKER, Pte.R.M.L.I.

Thomas PRESTON, Pte.R.M.L.I.

John P.GIBBS, Pte.R.M.L.I.

William SMITH, Pte.R.M.L.I.

Edward FASSNIDGE, Pte.R.M.L.I.

James M.W.GRIMLEY, Pte.R.M.L.I.

William J PATTERSON, Pte.R.M.L.I.

Albert E.CHOWNS, Boy

Robert J.ASHTON, Boy

John Travers CORNWELL, V.C., Boy

Reginald A.RAVEN, Boy

James F.LACEY, Boy

Edward T.PEARCE, Boy

Percy LAWLESS, A.B R.F.R.

John LUXTON, A.B R.N.V.R.

Photo by Chris Gleave.

Chester Cathedral RAF Memorial

Chester Cathedral`s Royal Air Force Memorial on west wall of the south transept.

HERE THEREFORE PRAY OF YOUR CHARITY FOR

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE

AND FOR ALL WHO ADVENTURE DEAR LIVES

IN THE AIR

Photo by Chris Gleave.

Chester Cathedral Czechoslovak Memorial

On the west wall west wall of the south transept is a memorial commemorating Free Czech Forces.

TO THE MEMORY OF

CZECHOSLOVAK

SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN

WHO FOUGHT WITH THE ALLIES

AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES

DURING THE 1939 - 1945 WAR

Photo by Chris Gleave.

Chester Cathedral Kaleyard Works Memorial Window

IN

GRATEFUL

MEMORY

OF COMRADES

FROM THE KALEYARD WORKS

WHO FELL AND SERVED

IN THE

GREAT

WAR

Photos by Chris Gleave.

Chester Cathedral Choristers Window

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN

GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE

FOLLOWING EX-CHORISTERS

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE GREAT WARS

1914 - 1918

CECIL HENRY BATEMAN

JOHN PERCY HALLIDAY

FRANK HOWARD

LEONARD SNELSON

1939 - 1945

LESLIE DOUGLAS CALVERT

CHARLES WILLIAM HOWIE

SAMUEL HARRY JACKSON

DONALD LEDSHAM

VALENTINE WOODALL

THIS WINDOW IS

ERECTED BY THE

CHESTER CATHEDRAL

OLD CHORISTERS'

ASSOCIATION

Photos by Chris Gleave.

Chester Cathedral Cheshire Brigade RFA Window

FRANCE
EGYPT
PALESTINE
SALONIKA

This window is dedicated

to the Glory of God and in

honoured memory of the members

of the Cheshire Brigade RFA

 who gave their lives

in the Great War 1914 - 1918

Their names are recorded in
an Aimry in this Cathedral

GALLIPOLI
MESOPOTAMIA
ITALY
EAST AFRICA

Photo by Chris Gleave.

Marple St.Martin's War Memorial Plaque

The War Memorial Plaque in St.Martin's Church on Brabyn's Brow, Marple, next to the railway station. A glazed wooden carved relief of figure kneeling before an angel, with female figures in background. Relief surmounts three tablets with incised inscriptions.

St Martins Church
Brabyns Brow
Marple
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK6 5DT

England

The inscriptions read.

THERE APPEARED AN ANGEL UNTO HIM FROM HEAVEN STRENGTHENING HIM

SURELY HE HATH BORNE OUR GRIEFS AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS

1914 - - - - 1918
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN

Joseph BOOTH

Francis Edward BRADSHAW-ISHERWOOD

George Bowden BROCKLEHURST

John Sidney BROCKLEHURST

Donald Harlow BUDENBURG

Harold Mathews BURTON

Dennis HALL

William Lucian HANCOCK

Harry George HANCOCK

Frank HARGRAVES

Fred Rowland HASLAM

Bernard Harold HARTLEY

Fred HOPWOOD

Walter Bailey HOPWOOD

Robert Denis HUDSON

Francis Reginald HUDSON

Godfrey Burnside HUDSON

Henry Erris HUDSON

Burt MORRIS

Arthur RHODES

Leonard ROBINSON

James Martin RUTTER

Alfred SUTTON

Granville TAYLOR

David TOTTERDELL

Edward YARWOOD

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

1939 - - - - 1945

Albert GIBSON
John HAZELHURST

Samuel KIRK
Cyril A SHELDON

Charles Lucas Arnold MALLETT

My page on St.Martin,s Churchyard can be found here

Photos by Chris Gleave.