BORN HULL 1886. SON OF GEORGE & REBECCA CHAPMAN, OF 4, ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, HULL . EX MILL HAND WORKING FOR HIS BROTHER IN LAW, FRED HAVERCROFT, IN WALKERGATE, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS) ALSO A FORMER RECKITT’S WORKER, IN HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY.
DIED OF CONSUMPTION IN COTTINGHAM, ON 01/01/1919, AGED 33. BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE RECKITTS MAGAZINE.
First name:
GEORGE JAMES
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/11/1919
Place died:
Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, UK
Age:
33
