Cheshire (Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry Memorial, Chester Cathedral, Chester.
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greysman
N 53° 11.515 W 002° 53.433
30U E 507312 N 5893625
The Yeomanry Memorial is in the north transept by the stairs to the organ loft.
Waymark Code: WMG5ZY
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/17/2013
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This is a three-piece memorial with a central dedication panel and two flanking name panels. It is made of grey marble and set into the wall of the north transept beneath the access to the organ loft. The crest of the Cheshire (Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry is in relief and is picked out in silver and gold, the Prince of Wales' Feathers.
History: From Wikipedia. The Cheshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment that can trace its history back to 1797 when Sir John Fleming Leicester of Tabley raised a county regiment of light cavalry in response to the growing fears of invasion from Napoleonic France. In 1803 the Prince of Wales (later King George IV), gave his permission for the regiment to wear his triple feather crest, a badge that Cheshire Yeoman still wear today.
During World War II the regiment was part of the 6th Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and remained mounted until 1942, seeing action in Palestine, Syria and the Lebanon. As one of the last regiments of the British Army to fight on horseback, the Cheshire Yeomanry found it particularly painful to lose its mounts and to re-role as a Signals Regiment, when its title changed in 1942 to the 5th Line of Communications Signals Regiment. After leaving the Middle East the Regiment was redesignated the 17th Line of Communication Signals Regiment (Cheshire Yeomanry) for service in North-West Europe.
The names of the fallen are arranged alphbetically on two panels, that to the left of the dedication panel carries the date '1939' at the head and the names from 'J.H.Ashe' to 'D.N.Lee' whilst the panel to the right has the date 1945 and names from 'A.O.Leonard' to B.F.Wycherley'. (see uploaded pictures)
The dedication panel carries the following wording (see uploaded photograph):
In Proud Memory of the Officers
Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of
the Cheshire (Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry
Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country
In the Great War 1939-1945
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