Birth: 27 December 1921 Houghton le Spring, Durham, UK
Father: Robert Chesney 1886-1948
Mother: Christina Robinson 1887-1971
Marriage: July-September 1945 Dover, Kent, UK
Wife: Merle Katharine Fleeman 1923-2010
Death: September 1995 Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK
Malcolm Robert Chesney 1946
Elizabeth Anne Melita Chesney [Chesney] 1950-a1986
Birth of Frederick Chesney, mother's maiden name Robinson, in FreeBMD in January-March 1922 in Houghton (10a 1140).
His parents were living at 50 Somerset Cottages (between York Street and Somerset Street), Sunderland, Durham from the 1939 Register.
Marriage of Frederick Chesney and Merle K Fleeman in FreeBMD in July-September 1945 in Dover (2a 4605).
His son was born in Tonbridge in 1946 and daughter in Malta in 1950.
Entry in Ancestry All UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 results for Frederick Chesney aged 30, a government official, arriving on 29 April 1952 at Liverpool on the Devonshire of the Bibby Line from Malta, address 22 Maxton Road, Dover, Kent accompanied by Merle Katherine Chesney (wife), Malcom Robert Chesney (son) and Elizabeth Anne Chesney (daughter?).
Entry in Ancestry UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Frederick Chesney aged 32, a radio officer, departing on 28 June 1954 from Southampton on the Canton P and O Line to Columbo, Ceylon, address 28 Pleshey Road, Ford End accompanied by Merle Katherine Chesney (wife), Malcom Robert Chesney (son) and Elizabeth Anne Melita Chesney (daughter).
Entry in Ancestry UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Frederick Chesney born on 27 December 1921, an admiralty radio officer, arriving in London on 1 February 1957 on the Corfu, P and O Steam Navigation Company Ltd from Ceylon, address 22 Maxton Road, Dover, Kent, accompanied by Merle Chesney (wife), Malcolm Chesney (son) and Elixabeth Chesney (daughter?).
Entry in the Supplement to the London Gazette 16 February 1982 P2151 "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood St Jame's Palace, London S.W.1 16th February 1982 The Queen has been graciously pleased to award the Imperial Service Medal to the following officers on their retirement [...] Government Communications Headquarters [...] Chesney, Frederick, Radio Officer".
There are three entries in Ancestry British Phone Books, 1880-1984 for F Chesney address 27 Farside Road, W Ayton number Scarborough 863864 in 1979 to 1982
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Frederick Chesney, born on 27 December 1921, in September 1995 in Scarborough (A52A 6551A 243).
Frederick Chesney was the husband of Merle Katharine Fleeman, Felicity's fifth cousn once removed.
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