BORN HULL 1894. YOUNGEST SON OF MR JOHN THOMAS CHADWICK (1863-1946) & MARY ELLEN BROCKLESBY (1870-1931), OF 80 SEATON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. UNMARRIED. BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WORKED AS A FISH CARTER AND MERCHANT, IN HIS FATHER’S FISH BUSINESS AND WAS WELL KNOWN AT HULL BILLINGSGATE AND CENTRAL HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 34.5-37 INCH CHEST, 119 LBS WEIGHT,
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 02/03/1916. CALLED UP ON 04/12/1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8694, 1/4TH EYR. TRANSFERRED ON 02/02/1917, AS MACHINE GUNNER, 85302, IN 275TH COMPANY, MGC. EMBARKED TO BASRA, IRAQ, ON 11/10/1917. BASED AT RAMADI, FROM 24/04/1918.
HE DIED FROM CHOLERA, IN BAGHDAD HOSPITAL, ON 14/07/1918, AGED 24. HE DIED OF CHOLERA, AT BAGDHAD HOSPITAL, ON 14/07/1918, AGED 24. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 2 YEARS AND 135 DAYS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30TH JULY 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS BURIED AT BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, IRAQ. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY PURPOSE LORD WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT’S DONE BY THEE”
HIS ELDER BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM CHADWICK, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201827, SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.
