BORN CURRAGH CAMP, KILDARE, IRELAND, ON 28/12/1897. ONLY SON OF CAPTAIN, WILLIAM HENRY GOLDIE (1868-1943) & EMILY ROSE BENHAM (1878-1956), OF “ASHRIELD”, OF MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HESSLE. HIS FATHER WAS A SQUADRON LEADER IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE HAD ONE YOUNGER SISTER – EILEEN ROSE GOLDIE.
HENRY ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2597, 2/1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY 1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS (CAVALRY). HE DIED OF WOUNDS, IN EGYPT, ON 03/12/1917, AGED 20.
HE LEFT A SISTER, EILEEN AT THIS ADDRESS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL.
HE IS BURIED AT RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HIS NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”.
First name:
HENRY CHAPMAN
Military Number:
101106
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/12/1917
Place died:
Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Age:
20
