WW2 veteran who served in Navy despite seasickness dies aged 109

'Oldest WW2 veteran' dies aged 1093 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKate Justice,in MalvernandAndrew Dawkins,West MidlandsRuth PoleFrank Chester won the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in the face of the enemy during World War TwoA World War Two veteran who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) and served in the Navy throughout the conflict has died aged 109.Frank Chester, who was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, in April 1917, died at a nursing home in Malvern, Worcestershire, on Sunday, nine days after his birthday.The Royal British Legion said the great grandfather could have been the oldest surviving World War Two veteran, while his family stated he was believed to be the oldest man in Worcestershire and the third oldest man in the UK.His daughter, Ruth Pole, said he was "very, very modest" and she "never heard him lose his temper once, which is truly remarkable".He worked in HM Customs and Excise before being called up to serve his country in World War Two.After the war, he moved to Walsall, where he lived a large part of his adult life, and got married.His daughter said: "The [DSC] citation basically said it was continuous bravery in the face of ongoing danger, when he could easily have just cracked. "But he just ploughed on and on and on and on."Ruth PoleChester always said meeting his wife Elizabeth was the best thing to happen to himChester had stated he had an option of being in the Army or the Navy."Unfortunately for him, he discovered once he went to sea that he was seasick, but with his typical stoicism he stuck at it," his daughter said."He was on a corvette [ship] for much of the war and it was very dangerous work that they did because they accompanied the Arctic convoys to and through Russia, where it was very dangerous."Sanctuary CareChester was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, in 1917 and spent a large part of his adult life in WalsallThe veteran was born the...