Walter CHESTER

Main CPGW Record

Surname: CHESTER

Forename(s): Walter

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 27458

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Manchester Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 23rd (Service) Battalion. (8th City)

Division: 35th (Bantam) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-08-31

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: F5. 22.

CWGC Cemetery: OLDHAM (HOLLINWOOD) CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Walter Chester was the son of Joseph and Clara Chester, née Beck. Both parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire. Walter was related to Private Thomas Wilfred Chester (24009) (q.v.).

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 3, Fairfax Street - Walter Chester, aged 6 years, born Skipton, son of Joseph and Clara Chester.

1911 Oldham, Lancashire Census: 21, Cambridge Street - Walter Chester, aged 17 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Joseph and Clara Chester.

The British Army Service Record for Walter Chester exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Chester, 27458, Manch. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Walter Chester, 27458, 23rd Manch. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Walter Chester, 27/27458 [sic], 23rd Batt Manchstr Reg. Date and Place of Death: 31.8.16. Lord Derby War Hosp., Warrington. Wounds. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Joseph. £5 10s. 11d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Walter. Name(s) on card(s): Particulars of Claimant: 1. Mr Joseph Chester. Date of Birth: 1869. Relationship: Father. Address: 21, Cambridge Street, Werneth, Oldham. Died 2.11.20. 2. Mrs Ada Shackleton. Date of Birth: 9.4.65. Relationship: Guardian of child. Address: 49, Victoria Street, Chadderton, Oldham. 3. Mrs Clara Chester. Relationship: Mother. Address1. 21, Cambridge Street, Oldham. Address 2. 41, County Street, Hollinwood, Oldham.

Walter wounded by a rifle bullet in his left ankle on the 20 August in Trônes Wood, near Montauban, France.

The informal title of the 23rd (Service) Bn Manchester Regiment (8th City) was the 8th Manchester Pals.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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