Memorial details

Memorial type
Wall
District
Chester
Town
Chester
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), Burma (19th Century), Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
9895

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Current location

22nd (Cheshire) Regimental Chapel
Chester Cathedral
St Werburgh Street
Chester
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DY
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 40597 66458
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Inscriptions carved and incised into the South screen wall of the St George's Chapel element of the Regimental Chapel. The names are rubricated.
Inscription
First section: 2nd Battalion/ Operations in/ Burma 1887-9/ (Names) Second Section: 2nd Battalion Killed in Action/ and died on active service/ in South Africa AD 1900-1902/ (Names)/ Afghanistan 1880/ (Name)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Straton, E
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Commemorations
  • First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initial, surname
    Order of information: As above
  • Burma (19th Century)
    Total names on memorial: 27
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 27
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initials, surname
    Order of information: By rank, THEN alphabetically by surname
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 57
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 57
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initials, surname
    Order of information: By rank, THEN alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral

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