Lieutenant Walter Bagot-Chester on his horse 'Cossack', 1909 (c)

Photograph, India, 1909 (c).

After attending the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Bagot-Chester was commissioned into the Indian Army with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles in September 1908. He served in India until October 1914 when his unit was despatched to Europe with 20th (Garhwal) Brigade. He was later killed in action in Palestine in March 1918.

From an album of 78 photographs compiled by Walter Greville Bagot-Chester, RMC, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) and 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles, 1907 (c)-1909.