BORN BEVERLEY 06/03/1898. SON OF SAMUEL CHAPMAN AND RACHAEL BANHAMCHAPMAN, OF MYTON HOUSE, VILLA PLACE, HULL AND 34 WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY. EDUCATED BEVERLEY. WORKED AS ASSISTANT STEWARD ON THE S/S ‘ROMEO’
ENLISTED IN HULL., MARCH 1915. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM AUGUST 1916. KILLED AT PASCHENDAELE, ON 14/12/1917, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS COMMANDING OFFICER, WROTE, “YOU SON WAS A PROMISING NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER AND HE WILL BE A REAL LOSS TO THE COMPANY.”
HIS BROTHER, DRUMMER, JOHN CHAPMAN, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, HAD DIED OF WOUNDS AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 28/10/1917, AGED 22. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY’S WW1 MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
THEY ARE RECORDED TOGETHER IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 4. THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS CAN BE FOUND ON FLICKR*
