Signalman 2590661 Kenneth Cyril Douglas Chesson of the Royal Corps of Signals, was born the 16th of April, 1916 at Battle, the son of Thomas Alfred Chesson (1889 to 1962) and Margaret Abbott (1885 to 1959). Thomas had served in the Machine Gun Corps during the First World War.
In October 1939, at Eastbourne, whilst employed as an assistant in a shop selling leather goods, Kenneth married Winifred Winchester; the couple had one child. He joined the army and in 1941 was stationed as a despatch rider in Scotland.
Kenneth Chesson died late at night on Monday, the 7th of April 1941 at the age of 25, when the motor cycle he was riding in Glasgow Road, Edinburgh, collided with a stationary lorry 300 yards from the Gyle Bridge.
His probate records an address of 5 Oundle Lane, Hadham, Hertfordshire, and his estate of £242-16-5d as bequeathed to Winifred.
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