Chesworth Clifford Wharmby Captain (Reverend) 257120
Personnel Entry
Name Chesworth Clifford Wharmby
Army number 257120
Rank Captain
Decorations
Date of birth 3/6/1917. Birth registered Q3, Hawarden, Merionethshire.
Age 0
Unit Royal Army Chaplains Department - Commissioned as Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class 1/1/1943. Attached to 70th Infantry Brigade - Posted 1 TS 15/1/1943. Attached 2nd Army. Attached AGRA. Attached 633 Regt Royal Artillery, BAOR. Attached 52 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery BAOR.
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Platoon or other sub-unit
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Joined Brigade 15/1/1943.
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Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Research suggests Captain Chesworth died in 2008 - exact date not yet known.
Home address Son of F Stanley King Chesworth and Cicely Chesworth (nee Rowbottom). Married Doreen Hambleton Walker in Manchester 28/4/1945, registered in Manchester Q2, 1945. 102 High Street, Bolton, Knowle Manse, Mirfield, Yorks.
Source table 1TS
For an account of his ministry at Fulwood Methodist Church please click here.
Captain Chesworth is credited as the author/editor of a book of Christian stories for children entitled "Tales to Tell", published in 1998.
