BORN HULL 1899. SON OF ELIZABETH ANN & HENRY CHAPMAN AT 11, CEDAR GROVE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR HE HAD WORKED FOR MESSRS TOZER, FISH CURERS IN EASTBOURNE STREET.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 1242, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS POSTED TO THE 7TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE MIDDLE EAST. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/08/1918, AGED 19.
COMMEMORATED ON THE TEHRAN MEMORIAL, IRAN. HIS NAME IS ALSO INSCRIBED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
LISTED AS KILLED IN ACTION IN HULL DAILY MAIL. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 18TH NOVEMBER 1919. *
First name:
HENRY
Military Number:
33714
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
26/08/1918
Place died:
Tehran Memorial, Iran
Age:
19
11, CEDAR GROVE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
