War Memorial, Chester University Chapel.

War Memorial, Chester University Chapel.

Location

In Chester University Chapel, Cheyney Road, Chester.

Description

A WW1 memorial in the form of a cast metal plaque. It shows the crest of arms of Chester Diocesan Training College, and names, presumably of graduates of the college who fell in WW1 together with their dates of graduation.

It is evident that one name has been erased from the memorial.

Inscription

1914 - 1919
"AS DYING, AND BEHOLD, WE LIVE."

1882   H W FREELAND
1894   E S DAWSON
1895   S F MOSS
1896   H LARGE
1898   E L WALMSLEY
1899   H J RAYNOLDS
1900   J BARKER
1900   W STEVENSON
1900   J E WALKER
1901   T DOBSON
1901   J S UPTON
1902   J FREEMAN
1902   W ROBERTS
1903   H B RICHARDSON
1904   G W HAYES
1904   J C HODGSON
1904   W TAYLFORTH
1904   C K VALENTINE
1905   E BOWER
1906   J COLLINSON
1906   A G SHORROCK
1907   F W BULLOUGH
1907   J CLARKE
1907   C MORTON
1907   G H NEWBOLD
1908   J C BELL
1908   J DYSON
1908   T HALLWORTH
1908   L J E IRLAM
1908   R NEWPORT
1909   N BEARDMORE
1909   F N BILLINGTON
1909   J BOSTOCK
1909   J L CATON
1909   H DAVENPORT
1910   J S CARR
1910   G CARTER
1910   W PINCH
1910   G WHITTAKER
1911   F ALLEN
1911   R H ALLEN
1911   H BELL
1911   G DANIELS
1911   J W HARDING
1911   A IRELAND
1911   P STANWORTH
1911   P S WILSON
1912   H R BARRETT
1912   G A WHITFIELD
1913   T HOLT
1913   V K MALLPRESS
1913   H S ROBERTS
1913   T H TIFFIN
1914   E A CASH
1914   A J CORNISH
1914   E HOOK
1914   A PEARSON
1914   R H SKINNER
1914   A O STRINGER
1915   E T BAKER
1915   H P CHAFFEY
1915   J E ELLIOT
1915   C HOLINSHEAD
1915   G W PARKER
1915   J E PARKER
1915   A W STOKES
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
1916   L L LLOYD
1916   J Y TAYLOR
1917   J H BRATT
1917   F H JONES
1917   G V LOVETT
1917   J MELLOR
1917   G H ROBERTS
1917   H A YEARDSLEY
1918   D CLARKE
1918   W COBHAM
1918   J V WILSON

"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."

War Memorial, Chester University Chapel.

Note

Chester Diocesan Training College was a teacher training college founded in 1839. It evolved over many years to become, in 2005, the University of Chester.

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