Second Lieutenant Frank Sidney Chesterton

Frank Sidney Chesterton (1877 – 11 November 1916) was an English architect.

Early life

He was born in 1877 in

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, the son of Sidney Rawlins Chesterton and Katherine Eleanor Chesterton. His first cousin was the author

G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, journalist and magazine editor, and literary and art critic. Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brow ...

Career

Chesterton designed the entire terrace of 12-54

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, now

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, and built from 1903. Chesterton served in the First World War, as a second lieutenant with the

Royal Field Artillery The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. It was created as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1899, serving alongside the other two arms of the regiment, the ...

, and died on 11 November 1916, aged 39, in the

Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme (; ), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 Nove ...

. He is buried at Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte.

Personal life

Chesterton was married to Nora Chesterton, and they lived at 28 Warwick Gardens, Kensington, London, and later at

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, Kensington. He was the father of Sir

Oliver Chesterton Sir Oliver Sidney Chesterton, MC (28 January 1913 – 14 October 2007) was a British businessmen who was managing partner of Chestertons Estate Agency. Chesterton successfully expanded his family firm's traditional residential portfolio into the ...

, fifth-generation head of the family's estate agency business, and chairman of the Woolwich Building Society.

References

1877 births 1916 deaths Architects from London British Army personnel of World War I Royal Field Artillery officers British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea People from Kensington {{England-architect-stub