Frederick Chater JACK

1895 - 1961  (65 years)

• Name	Frederick Chater JACK  [1]
  Birth	17 Apr 1895	Edinburgh, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jan 1961	Ewshott, Farnham, Dorset, England
  Person ID	I354	Descendants of Archibald Bartholomew (Linlithgow)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas Chater JACK,   b. 13 Mar 1863, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 4 Jul 1939, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Henrietta BARTHOLOMEW,   b. 3 Feb 1866, Edinburgh, Scotland d. 20 Jun 1920 (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emilie May SUTTON,   b. 19 Aug 1900, Reading, Berkshire, England d. 20 Apr 1986, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Monica May Chater JACK,   b. 25 Nov 1924, Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya d. 26 Mar 1971, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 46 years)   2. Valerie Ann Chater JACK,   b. 4 Jan 1926, Machakos, Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya d. 18 Jul 2007, Bognor Regis, Sussex, England (Age 81 years)   3. Penelope Noel Chater JACK,   b. 4 Jan 1926, Machakos, Machakos, Eastern, Kenya d. 7 Feb 2013, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 87 years)   4. Living
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Apr 1895 - Edinburgh, Scotland Death - 8 Jan 1961 - Ewshott, Farnham, Dorset, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Frederick was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He made daring reconnaissances in the front line on three separate days under most violent machine-gun and rifle fire, obtaining much valuable information. On one occasion, at a critical moment, he rallied a company of infantry whose officers had become casualties. Throughout the operations he displayed great skill and courage. [Gazette entry 25th April 1918] (Research):«b»Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Chater Jack D.S.O., M.C. «/b»and his wife Emilie May Sutton (a member of the 'Sutton Seeds' family). All Saints Church, Crondall, Hampshire. Lt. Frederick Chater Jack M.C., R.F.A. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer made daring reconnaissances in the front line on three separate days under most violent machine-gun and rifle fire, obtaining much valuable information. On one occasion, at a critical moment, he rallied a company of infantry whose officers had become casualties. Throughout the operations he displayed great skill and courage. Gazette entry 25th April 1918 His gravestone gives birth as 17th April, RGB had 18th April. Family always believed it was 17th.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Robert Gordon Bartholomew, Edinburgh, Scotland, Bartholomew Tree - Robert Gordon Bartholomew, (Name: unpublished;). Bartholomew Genealogy by Robert Gordon Bartholomew, Edinburgh, Scotland, unpublished, 1970 onwards