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Lieutenant Colonel RICHARD CHESTER CHESTER-MASTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1917

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOCRE HOSPICE CEMETERY

II. C. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Three times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Col. Thomas William and Georgina Emily Chester-Master; husband of Geraldine Chester-Master, of Querns Lane House, Cirencester. Chief Constable of Gloucestershire. Native of Cirencester, Glos.
  • Personal Inscription TRANQUIL YOU LIE... YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

LOCRE HOSPICE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 259
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