Arthur Reginald Chater

Major-General Arthur Reginald Chater (7 February 1896 – 3 January 1979) was an officer in the Royal Marines during the First World War, the interwar years, and Second World War.

Military career Chater was commissioned into the Royal Marines Light Infantry in 1913. He served in the First World War and saw action at Antwerp with the Chatham Battalion of the Royal Marine Brigade in 1914. He fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey from 28 April to 12 May 1915, and in March 1918 he participated in the Allied raid on Zeebrugge.

During the interwar period Chater served with the Egyptian Army and the Sudan Camel Corps.

Having been made a Companion of the Order of the Distinguished Service Order, he became Commander of the Chatham Group of Royal Marines in 1946 and retired in 1948.

Honours and awards Companion of the Order of the Bath – January 1941 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order – June 1966 Distinguished Service Order – July 1918 Officer of the Order of the British Empire – June 1931