A Son of the Rock

On our way out of Chester back to Gladstone’s Library at Hawarden we passed a cemetery and spotted the Commonwealth War Graves sign. On turning down the street (Overleigh Road) looking for somewhere to park we discovered there are two cemeteries, one either side of the road. Overleigh ‘Old’ Cemetery was the first we entered. I found 11 war graves there. Someone had placed knitted “poppy” wreaths on the graves.

Private J McElmeel, Royal Liverpool Regiment, 24/2/1919, aged 19:-

Private J Garvey, Cheshire Regiment, 2/7/1917:-

Private J Butler, Labour Corps, 20/3/19??:-

Private R Lord, Cheshire Regiment, 12/5/1915:-

Private J Kirby, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 26/9/1916, aged 23:-

Lance Corporal J Donnelly, Military Police Corps, 27/3/1917:-

Private M Leak, Cheshire Regiment, 4/6/1920, aged 38:-

Private J H Baker, Royal Army Service Corps, 9/9/1915, age 29:-

Private J H Roach, Machine Gun Corps, (Infantry,) 20/1/1919, aged 29:-

Serjeant J Stretch, Machine Gun Corps, (Infantry,) 16/5/1918, aged 38:-

Staff Serjeant Major W Steele, Army Pay Corps, 20/7/1918:-