In Memory Of
CHESTER, ROBERT SAMUEL
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
1881-02-14
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
73rd Siege Bty.
Regiment:
South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
1918-04-12
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VI. D. 1.
Cemetery:
LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576
Son of Samuel and Kate Chester. Husband of Annie Catherine (nee Maher) Chester, of P.O. Oranjeville, District Heilbron. Born Kingston, Surrey, England. A policeman. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial