Chaworth-Musters P G Lt 1st Kings Royal Rifle Corps
LIEUTENANT P. G. CHAWORTH-MUSTERS
Ist BATTALION THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS
PATRICIUS GEORGE CHAWORTH-MUSTERS was the eldest son of John Patricius Chaworth-Musters, of Annesley Park, and Wiverton Hall, Nottinghamshire.
He entered the School in 1902, passed on to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1906, and was gazetted to the 1st Battalion 60th Rifles, serving with them, first at Cairo, and subsequently at home. On August 12th, 1914, he went with them to the front, and was wounded on September 1st, during the Retreat from Mons, by shrapnel, near Villers Cotterets, but recovered and rejoined his Battalion later in the autumn. He was again wounded, in January, 1915, this time mortally. He died in No. 1 Clearing Hospital on January 12th, and was buried the next day in the cemetery at Béthune, where a cross marks his grave. Age 27.
The Officer Commanding wrote:-
“I cannot tell you how brave and splendid he had been all through. He had done wonders in making a good Company out of new and nearly raw material: he was popular with us all and beloved by his men.”
He was greatly beloved and admired by his fellow Officers and men for his splendid courage, and in the hospital where he died everyone said that it was the bravest passing they had ever seen.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1