Memorial

Chester Cathedral - 2nd Lieutenant C Potts

The Potts tablet with the subject's inscription towards the bottom

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Current Location

Chester Cathedral, South wall of the nave, St Werburgh Street, Chester, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2DY, England

SJ 40551 66468

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 18316
Description: Triangular arched white marble tablet on a black marble backboard. The Potts family crest, coloured and in relief sits within the arch, above the blacked incised inscription. A small brass plaque beneath the tablet states :'Removed/ from the North Aisle/ AD 1883'.
Inscription: .../ IN BELOVED MEMORY OF SEC: LIEUT: CHARLES POTTS / CHESHIRE REGIMENT, WHO DIED IN FRANCE / THE 11TH JUNE 1917 FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION / AT MESSINES, AGED 19 YEARS, ELDER SON OF / HUBERT AND ROSA POTTS OF THIS CITY, AND / GREAT-GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE NAMED HENRY POTTS./ ....

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit, manner, country, and date of death, action in which wounded, place, age, relationship, parents' names and abode
Order of names: As above

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good