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Hornchurch FJW Chester

St Andrew's Church on the High Street in Hornchurch contains a number of war memorial plaques. One of those is dedicated to Frederick John William Chester who died in the South African war in 1900. The memorial plaque to Pte Chester is made of brass with black and red infill in the engraving and displays his regimental insignia.

In 2003 War Memorials Trust gave a grant £250.00 towards the restoration and re-erecting of four memorial plaques in the Church including that to Frederick John William Chester. This represents a grant of £62.50 specifically for the individual plaque. During restoration the plaque was cleaned, waxed and rebated into a Cedar Board.

Originally hung on the South wall of the Church the memorials had been removed when refurbishment took place and subsequently stored. The grant assisted with their rehanging within the Church and a rededication service took place at a special service on 14 November during which the memorials were on display in the Chancery.

The memorial was produced by J. Wippell and Company of Exeter and London.

The other memorials are WM3218, WM3219 and WM3220 and remember men who fell in World War 1.

The inscription on the plaque reads: 

This tablet is erected by his Comrades
to the Memory of 
Frederick John William Chester
Age 22
Private in H. Company 1st V.B. Essex Regt.
who, having volunteered to serve,
his Queen and Country in South Africa,
died in Pretoria, on the 4th day of July 1900  

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1072
UK National Inventory of War Memorials:

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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