Ambrose Chetwood

Remembered with Honour in the Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.1915 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

Ambrose Chetwood.

Personal Details:

Born in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales on 25th May 1893 (baptised the same day)

Eldest son of Ambrose and Margaret Chetwood of Hanmer, Flintshire.

Married Ruth Lloyd of Higher Wych on 26th July 1914 at St. Oswald's Church, Malpas.

Father to Frank who was born 29th September 1914. (Baptised 26th October 1914.)

The 1911 Census shows Ambrose as a cowman on Fox Holes Farm, Iscoyd, near Whitchurch.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.

Rank:                 Private.

Serial Number:   W/908

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in France on 2nd  November 1915. Aged 22

Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. III. F. 3A.

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Gravestone Inscription:

"REST IN PEACE"

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Medals and Awards:

Ambrose was awarded the Campaign Medals (1915 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).