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No death announcement in the Aberdeen newspaper............found by googling

Sue -

You said,
"she doesn’t live at any of the addresses for mentioned, which makes me think she is either deceased or in a nursing home".

Assuming that means you have already tried contacting her at the 2015-16 address, then yes, she must be in a care home.

As already said, she hasn't died, unless just in the last few weeks. SP's death records are updated quite promptly.

The 192 entry is only the ER to 2016...............

She isn't in the current telephone directory

Women were not called up for National Service after 1945.

The last call-up for men was at the end of 1960, and National Service stopped when the last men called up had finished their period of service.

Google it.

It most certainly was..............

Surely post war national service was only for men.

Maybe it was National service, I’m not too sure when that stopped

Alice was still at North Anderson Drive in 1956-60, and then in Abbotshall Drive from 1961 until at least 1975.

Her parents and William were at North Anderson Drive in 1954 -55, but Alice wasn't with them.

If she was in the forces, it must have been either 1954-55, or else before she was 21.

According to a newspaper report in 1933 William L Chesser was a butcher and poulterer with a shop in King Street

In 1938 William Lorimer Chesser, bombardier, RA (Territorial) was promoted 2nd Lieutenant

Oh wow,! Another brother, thank you so much for that..
I would love to be able to find out more about her life, she is a distant aunt, nobody can find out much about her life, there was a rumour that she was in the forces for a while and had visited family in America ,but how true that was I don’t know..she doesn’t live at any of the addresses for mentioned, which makes me think she is either deceased or in a nursing home .x

Born in 1932, she doesn't appear on ERs until 1953, when she's 21.

1953, she's at 209 North Anderson Drive, with her parents, brother William - and (aha! ) another brother, Robert C Chesser.

Robert Charles Chesser, born 1921 in St Nicholas reg district.

Robert's marriage:

CHESSER, ROBERT CHARLES
FORBES, ESTHER ISOBEL
1955
168 / 1 / 17
Aberdeen Northern District

Death:

CHESSER, ROBERT CHARLES
86
mmn MAITLAND
M
2008
301 / 350
Aberdeen

His wife died in Aberdeen in 2007.

They had a son, Graeme .
No other records for him on SP.
Living in Aberdeen in 2008. No other Chessers listed with him.

ADDED:
Still living in Aberdeen..
He has a Facebook page, and various other Google results.

As she didn't marry, and is still living (unless died in just the last few weeks) there are no further online records for her.
A Google search doesn't come up with anything.

The Scottish 1939 Register isn't searchable. You can apply to see her entry - but for a fee, and only after she has died, and if you know her exact date of death. Even then, it would only be her personal record - not of the whole household.
From the information already discovered, the household would consist of Alice, her parents, and her brother, unless he was away. He was a Lieutenant in the RA in 1941.

What are you hoping to find?

If you're hoping for a service record for her, it won't be online.

She's still living, as far as anyone can tell from online records.
Why not try writing to her, as already suggested?


Is it only Alice you want to find out about, or are you also interested in her ancestry?

First name(s) William Lorimer
Where serving General Duties Branch-Pilot Officers
Last name Chesser
Record set Royal Air Force Lists 1919-1945
Rank Pilot Officer
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Year 1941
Subcategory Regimental & Service Records
Event date 18 Feb 1941
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
Section title Gradation Lists by Branches of Officers Serving on the Active List of the Royal Air Force

The brother's Military Service?

First name(s) William Lorimer
Name Chesser, William Lorimer
Last name Chesser
Places Italy
Service number 78318
Start date 01 Jan 1945
Rank Captain Temporary Major
Taxonomies C10092 Army, C10131 Europe and Russia, C10060 Medals, C10075 Operations, battles and campaigns, C10136 Official publications, C10065 Armed Forces (General Administration)
Year 1945
Theatre Military Cross
Country Italy
Archive The National Archives, Kew
Regiment Royal Regiment Of Artillery, 75 Heavy Regiment
Series title War Office And Ministry Of Defence: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations For Honours And Awards For Gallant And Distinguished Service (Army)
Corps Royal Regiment Of Artillery, 75 Heavy Regiment
Series WO 373
Covering dates 1945
TNA reference WO 373/11/219
Department WO
TNA title Recommendation for Award for Chesser, William Lorimer. Rank: Captain Temporary Major. Service No: 78318. Regiment:...
Description Name Chesser, William Lorimer. Rank: Captain Temporary Major. Service No: 78318. Regiment: Royal Regiment of Artillery, 75 Heavy Regiment. Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy. Award: Military Cross. Date of announcement in London Gazette: 19 April 1945.
Record set British Army, Recommendations For Military Honours And Awards 1935-1990
End date 31 Dec 1945
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Context War Office and Ministry of Defence: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations for Honours and Awards for Gallant and Distinguished Service (Army). COMBATANT GALLANTRY AWARDS. Italy. 19 Apr-24 May 1945.
Subcategory Medal Rolls and Honours
Gazette announcement date 19 April 1945
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

First name(s) William Lorimer
Medals awarded British War Medal And Victory Medal
Last name Chesser
Remarks Class Z. (A R). 27-7-19
Disembarkation year -
Archive The National Archives
Disembarkation date -
Archive series WO 329
Rank Acting Sergeant
Archive reference WO 329/1742
Rank as transcribed A/Sgt.
Record set Britain, First World War Campaign Medals
Service number 37861
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Regiment Machine Gun Corps
Subcategory First World War
Previous unit 37861 M G C. Pte.
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

CHESSER/ MAITLAND - at Aberdeen on the 28th Aug, by the Rev James S Stewart, Private William L Chesser, 3/4th Gordon Highlanders (T) to Helen Mary, elder daughter of the late William Maitland, Aberdeen.
Aberdeen Press And Journal
31 Aug 1915

Thank you for all your help, You have all given me something to work with, I shall continue to search for any other information on her.
Thank you :-)

So, a lot of info available after all. Pays to search ;-) ;-) ;-)

192.com has a listing for Alice H Chesser in Aberdeen. May/May not include telephone number.

Original on FMP

To Mr & Mrs William L Chesser a daughter, both well