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21/04/2026 12:53 pm
A World War Two veteran who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) and served in the Navy throughout the conflict has died aged 109.
Frank Chester, who was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, on 10 April 1917, died at a nursing home in Malvern, Worcestershire, on 19 April 2026, nine days after his birthday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv33xyek8o
He was the 3rd OLM in the UK.
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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21/04/2026 1:00 pm
R.I.P. Mr. Chester.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
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