Major Gerald ADSHEAD, 22nd Cheshire’s
For service to the Old Comrades and
Regimental Associations 1929 – 1951
Born 18 May 1881 to Samuel and Elizabeth, nee Birchenough. 1891 with his parents and siblings at Ashfield House, Upton, Cheshire. 1901 boarder with his brother at Lyddon Hall, (Hall of Residence )ran by Mr and Mrs Rowe, occupation, an apprentice ! engineer.
1939 with if wife Frances Dorothy at Stoke Cottage, Nantwich, Cheshire. Occupation Army Reserve. Regular appointment Fee. Western Command H.Q. Chester.
Died 1951 at Crewe Cheshire.
London Gazette dated 23 January 1914. Issue 28795. Page 606.
5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment.
Lieutenant Gerald Adshead, The Cheshire Regiment, to be Adjutant. Dated 17th January, 1914.
Lieutenant Gerald Adshead, The Cheshire Regiment, is granted the temporary rank of
Captain in the Territorial Force whilst holding the appointment of Adjutant. Dated
17th January, 1914.
This memorial tile is in Chester Cathedral
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