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Captain 51425, Henry Shelmerdine Frost, 22nd Cheshire Regiment attached to 51st Middle East Commando, Killed-in-Action 5 March 1941, aged 27, at Eritrea, East Africa.
Son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Meadows Frost, D.S.O. and Olivia, The Dene, Hoole, Chester. Mentioned in Despatches. Commemorated on a Window in the Cloisters of Chester Cathedral. Buried at Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea, East Africa. His father died 15 August 1923, aged 38.
Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Field Artillery Transport.
Photo: 23 March 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Hystfield
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unless stated otherwise.
The North Quire (Choir) Aisle has a Stone Screen by R. C. Hussey and an Iron Gate, dated 1558, that came from Guadalajara.
At the East end of the Aisle is the Chapel of Saint Werburgh, which has a Vault of two Bays,[54] and an East Window depicting The Nativity by Michael O’Connor, dated 1857.
Other Stained-Glass Windows in the North Aisle are by William Wailes, by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and by Clayton and Bell.
The Chapel contains a Piscina, dating from the 14th-Century,[4] and Monuments to John Graham (Bishop, 1848–1865), dated 1867, and to William Bispham, who died in 1685,[52]
The small Norman Transept has Clerestory Windows containing Stained-Glass by William Wailes, installed in 1853.[55]
The Sacristy, dated 1200, has an East Window depicting Saint Anselm, and designed by A. K. Nicholson. In the North Transept is a freestanding Tomb Chest Monument to John Pearson, who died in 1686, designed by Arthur Blomfield and carved by Nicholas Earp, with a recumbent effigy by Matthew Noble.
Saint Etheldreda.
Stained-Glass Window, Chester Cathedral.
Photo: 2 May 2014.
Source: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Author: William Starkey
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The Wall Monuments include Cenotaphs to Members of The Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s) Yeomanry, killed in The Boer War and in The First and Second World Wars.[4]
At the corner of the Transept with the North Aisle is a 17th-Century Tree of Jesse, carved in Whale Ivory. A Niche contains a rare example of a “Cobweb Picture”, painted on the web of a caterpillar. Originating in the Austrian Tyrol, it depicts Mary and The Christ-Child, and is based on a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder.[56]
The Chapter House has Stained-Glass in its East Window by Heaton, Butler and Bayne and Grisaille Windows in the North and South Walls, dated 1882–1883, by Blomfield.[57]
The Chapter House has Stained-Glass in its East Window by Heaton, Butler and Bayne and Grisaille Windows in the North and South Walls, dated 1882–1883, by Blomfield.[57]
PART ELEVEN FOLLOWS.
