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Captain HARRY KEPPEL CHESTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY

C. 80.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Mildred Mary Chester, of Broome End, Stansted, Essex. Scholar of Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Also served in Gallipoli and Egypt.
  • Personal Inscription EXPECTO RESURRECTIONEM MORTUORUM ET VITAM VENTURI SPECULI
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Buried or commemorated at

DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 732
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