Chester (overleigh) Cemetery

United Kingdom

53.1806, -2.8939 — view on OpenStreetMap ↗

Operations represented here

The raids whose casualties rest in this cemetery, ranked by how many of each night's dead lie here. Linked by date of death (raid night, or the morning after).

Cologne — 13 Feb 1942 · 1 buried or commemorated here
Mannheim — 14 Feb 1942 · 1 buried or commemorated here
Emden — 17 Feb 1942 · 1 buried or commemorated here
The Ruhr — 5 Aug 1942 · 1 buried or commemorated here
Duisburg — 6 Aug 1942 · 1 buried or commemorated here
Genoa — 13 Nov 1942 · 1 buried or commemorated here
Brunswick — 22 Apr 1944 · 1 buried or commemorated here
Mannheim — 23 Apr 1944 · 1 buried or commemorated here

15 casualties from this database buried or commemorated here.

Name	Rank	Died	Reference
Astbury, Thomas Edwin	Pilot Officer	23 Apr 1944	New Portion. Grave 3874.
Brown, Thomas Henry	Aircraftman 1st Class	19 Jun 1941	Sec. C. Grave 26.
Davies, William John	Sergeant	29 Aug 1940	Sec. F. New Portion. Grave 136.
Dutton, Frederick	Sergeant	17 Feb 1942	Sec. F. Grave 161.
Edwards, Eric Norman	Aircraftman 2nd Class	24 Aug 1940	Sec. B. New Portion. Grave 593.
Ledsham, William	Aircraftman 2nd Class	23 Feb 1940	New Portion. Grave 4325.
Morgan, Reginald Walter	Aircraftman 1st Class	29 Mar 1941	Sec. B. New Portion. Grave 533.
Penlington, Joseph Francis	Aircraftman 1st Class	1 Apr 1941	Sec. E. New Portion. Grave 54.
Shepherd, Caleb Stanley Kenneth	Sergeant	6 Aug 1942	Sec. C. New Portion. Grave 233.
Smith, Sydney Joseph	Aircraftman 1st Class	2 Sep 1943	Sec. E. New Portion. Grave 57.
Stott, Donald Midgley	Leading Aircraftman	2 Sep 1940	New Portion. Grave 4069.
Stott, William Leslie	Sergeant	8 May 1945	Sec. B. New Portion. Grave 102.
Trout, Sydney	Flying Officer	14 Nov 1942	Sec. F. New Portion. Grave 275.
Wilding, William John	Aircraftman 2nd Class	14 Feb 1942	New Portion. Grave 1640.
Williams, Ronald	Corporal	25 Dec 1943	Old Portion. Grave 2595.