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The Frederick Coplestone Memorial sculpted by Eric Gill, listed at Grade II*, depicting "St Francis and the Birds", is located in Handbridge, just on the outskirts of Chester in Overleigh New Cemetery. Dedicated to Frederick Coplestone (1850-1932), CBE, JP, of Chester and Devon.[1] See also: Coplestone Memorial Window, Chester Cathedral, in memory of F. Lewis Coplestone (d.25 November 1914), Lt-Commander, Royal Navy, HM Submarine D2, son of Frederick Coplestone (1850-1932), CBE, JP, of Chester and Devon, whose mural monument is in the North Transept of Chester Cathedral, also commemorated on a window in the sacristy.[2] Frederick Coplestone (d.1932) was co-proprietor and editor of The Chronicle and also proprietor of The Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald and other publications in North Wales. He lived at 138 Boughton, Chester. Died aged 82 yrs. He was buried on the 22nd November 1932. In Memory Of FREDERICK COPLESTONE Of Chester And County Devon CBE JP Died Nov. 19th 1932 Also Of His Son Fredk. LEWIS COPLESTONE Lieut. Commander Royal Navy Submarine D2 Lost In The North Sea, Nov. 1914 And Of His Son-In-Law A.F. COPLESTONE-BOUGHEY Commander Royal Navy Killed In HMS Defence In The Battle Of Jutland 1916

FLAT SLABS adjacent: Also In Memory Of SARAH Wife Of FREDERICK COPLESTONE CBE JP Died 8th August 1945

And Of MARY CLIFFE COPLESTONE BOUGHEY Wife Of Commander ALFRED FLETCHER COPLESTONE-BOUGHEY R.N. And Elder Daughter Of FREDERICK & SARAH COPLESTONE Died 24th April 1955

Also commemorated in the Coplestone Memorial Window is Frederick Coplestone's son-in-law Commander A.F. Coplestone-Boughey, RN, HMS Defence, killed at the Battle of Jutland, May 1916; HMS D2 was one of eight D-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. D2 was laid down by Vickers on 10 July 1909 at their Barrow shipyard and commissioned on 29 March 1911. During her career, D2 returned from the second Heligoland Bight patrol along with D3, E5 and E7. On 28 August 1914, D2, D3 and D8 fought in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. Then, two days before D2 met her fate, Lieutenant Commander Jameson was washed overboard off Harwich. Lt. Cdr. Head was his replacement. D2 was rammed and sunk by a German patrol boat off Borkum on 25 November 1914, leaving no survivors.

Centre:Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4–1109), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. Holding an ancient wooden ship. After his death, he was canonized as a saint. "Saint Alselm is welcomed to Chester by Hugh Lupus 1092" scene depicted in roundel at bottom with heraldic banners of Hugh Lupus showing a wolf. Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester (c. 1047 – 27 July 1101), also known as Hugh the Fat (French: Hugues le Gros) and Hugh the Wolf (Latin: Hugo Lupus). Above him are the arms of the See of Caterbury. Also shown are arms of See of Chester (top left): Gules, three mitres or. Left: Simon de Whitchurch, Abbot of the Abbey of St Werburgh (since 1541 Chester Cathedral) (1265-1291) with arms above of the See of Salisbury / Chichester (?) (possibly the arms of the Abbey of St Werburgh ?); Right: "John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester 1619-1652", with above arms of Earls of Chester Azure, three garbs or, topped by a bishop's mitre (unexplained). 3 Arms of Coplestone family of Devon at bottom. (Source:[3])