BORN HULL 26/05/1872. SON OF JOSIAH CHAPPEL (1846-1917) & ANNIE MARTHA ALLEN (1849-1921), AT 8 ANN’S BUILDINGS, SOUTH PARADE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHERS ARTHUR AND WALTER. SISTERS KATE AND HENRIETA. MARRIED 24/01/1903. A WHITESMITH AND PLATER’S HELPER BY TRADE. HIS WIFE MARGARET MAGUIRE (1876-1966) AND 5 CHILDREN , LIVED AT, 12 GEORGES TERRACE, CHILTERN STREET, HULL. HE HAD BLUE EYES, REDDISH HAIR, 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS, 33 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, 14/10/1914. ARRIVED FRANCE 30/06/1915. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DISCHARGED WITH SWOLLEN FEET AND UNABLE TO MARCH, ON 23/03/1916. HE DIED ON 09/01/1917, AGED 44 AND IS BURIED IN HIS FAMILY GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.