I visited the churchyard and whilst there decided to check the WW1 headstones.Searched and searched and called CWGC whilst I was there and realised the casualty has not been commemorated on the family grave .Mother and Father name on the grave but not the casualty.. RHV Chester name was supposed to be on the kerbstone. Further to our recent correspondence, our Regional Manager has now advised me that his team have been onsite, and located the private memorial which commemorates RHV Chester. There is however no reference to the casualty on the kerb set, therefore it does not adequately commemorate the casualty. This being the case, matters are now in hand to obtain consent to erect a Gallipoli marker on the grave in order to commemorate him. Once authorisation is received the order process will proceed. Thank you again, in closing, for bringing these matters to our attention. Lieutenant CHESTER, RONALD HENRY VENN Died 13/07/1918 Aged 20 1st Training Depot Station Royal Air Force Son of John Hough Chester and Amy Chester, of 5, Boscobel Gardens, Bessborough Rd., Harrow on the Hill. Born at Tenbury Wells, Worcs. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Brasenose College (Oxford). Casualty HARROW (ST. MARY) LOWER CHURCHYARD
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Name: Lieut Ronald Henry Venn Chester Birth Place: Tenbury Wells, Malvern Hills District, Worcestershire, England Death Date: 13 Jul 1918 Cemetery: St Mary Churchyard Burial or Cremation Place: Harrow-on-the-Hill, London Borough of Harrow, Greater London, England Has Bio?: Y URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem... England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Ronald H V Chester Death Age: 19 Birth Date: abt 1899 Registration Date: Sep 1918 Registration district: Stamford (Withering Aerodrome) Inferred County: Huntingdonshire Volume: 7a Page: 327 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Name: Ronald Henry Venn Chester Death Date: 13 Jul 1918 Death Place: Middlesex, England Probate Date: 8 Nov 1918 Registry: London, England TD
846 Aero Repair Sqn, US Air Service - Page 2 Hobson lists one other 831st casualty - MOSHER, Sgt. JS, 831 Aero att to 1 TDS RAF. Killed While Flying 13 July 1918 in RE-8 C'2588 with Lt. RHV Chester, RAF. Pretty sure his initial "S" is a mistake in Hobson. Findagrave for MOSHER - Birth: Apr. 18, 1891 Edna San Luis Obispo County California, USA Death: Jul. 13, 1918 Stamford Lincolnshire, England Family links: Parents: Carmine Mosher (1854 - 1932) Jessie M Cormack Mosher (1865 - 1895) Siblings: James Cormack Mosher (1891 - 1918) Carrie Louise Mosher Hampton (1894 - 1968)* Frank Thurber Mosher (1895 - 1962)* Charles E Mosher (1895 - 1900)* *Calculated relationship Burial: San Luis Cemetery San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County California, USA Plot: E-2 CHESTER, Lt. Ronald Henry Venn, 1 TDS, pilot., Native of Harrow-on-the-Hill. Age 20 Kwf 13 July 18. Buried at Harrow Middlesex.
From CWGC Thank you for sending the photograph of the grave concerned, and I will now send it on directly to our Regional Manager for his information. I believe that Inspection visits to the war graves in the region, which is one of our larger regions, will be taking place over the coming year, so it may be a little while before we can advise your further, but I will of course write to you when ever I have further news to provide.
Oh well whats another few months after 100 hundred plus years CWGC working through the many queries they have in the UK From CWGC "Just a brief update, our team are still waiting to receive consent to erect from the Local Authority, but want to assure you that they are still on the case."