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L/Cpl. Alfred Chamberlain
British Army 2nd Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Leicester
My father, Alfred Chamberlain was Lewis gunner. He told me of forced marches in lower Alps in Italy 1917-18, when buglers played to boost the speed and their lips were blue with cold and swollen.
Able Seaman Edward William Chamberlain
Royal Naval Division Hawke Btn.
from:Rushden
(d.28th August 1918)
died at 29th clearing station age 21
Sgt. Francis Chamberlain
British Army 1st/4th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Nottingham
(d.9th Oct 1917)
My Great Uncle, Francis Chamberlain was born in Nottingham in about 1896 and served in the 1st/4th Battalion of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He died in 'France and Flanders' on the 9th October 1917. There is a memorial to him on the Tyne Cot Memorial so I therefore assume that he does not have a grave. I would like to find out more information about the battle in which he died.
Sgt. Fred Chamberlain
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leicester
My Grandmother Annie's brother, Fred Chamberlain, was captured and held at Limburg POW camp.
Lt. Gerald Caleb L. Chamberlain
British Army 194th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Southampton
Gerald Chamberlain was my wife's grandfather. He served as a Bombardier in the RGA from 1914 in France. He was promoted to Sergeant in France, and was sent back to England for Officer cadet training. Commissioned to officer rank, he was sent back to France from Cooden Camp, Bexhill, Sussex.
He lived until he was 98 (I think) and wrote his memoirs in 1980. There's quite a bit in his memoirs about wartime experiences in WW1 and WW2, and about his civilian life and family. Really interesting! He had several near misses during WW1 engaged in artillery and signalling work. I am gradually scanning and digitising his memoirs. I do think they are worthy of publication. We also have several photos of Gerald Chamberlain in uniform and in France.
Pte. MacDonald Arthur "Mac" Chamberlain
British Army 14th Btn. A Coy London Regiment
from:Hemington
(d.13th May 1917)
Mac Chamberlain was born in 1895 and died on 13th of May 1917. He is buried at Etrun in France.
Pte. Thomas Edward Chamberlain
British Army 12th Battalion, Company D Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Cowpen, Blythe, Northumberland
(d.25th September 1915)
Thomas Chamberlain is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
Cpl. Arthur William Chamberlin
British Army 17th Div. Signal Company Royal Engineers
from:Norwich, Norfolk,
(d.8th June 1918)
Cpl. Herbert Victor Chamberlin
British Army 3rd/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Wroxham, Norfolk
(d.13th Aug 1915)
Herbert Chamberlin died with many others when the ship he was in, the H.T. Royal Edward, was sunk off Greece on 13th August 1915on the way to Gallipoli . His name appears on the Cape Helles Memorial.
On 28th July 1915, Royal Edward embarked 1,367 officers and men at Avonmouth. The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th Infantry, with members of the Royal Army Medical Corps. All were destined for Gallipoli. Royal Edward was reported off the Lizard on the evening of the 28th, and had arrived at Alexandria on 10 August, a day after sister ship Royal George had sailed from Devonport. Royal Edward sailed for Moudros on the island of Lemnos, a staging point for the Dardanelles. On the morning of 13th August, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant zur See Heino von Heimburg in the German submarine UB-14 was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Kandeloussa. He launched one of UB-14's two torpedoes from about a mile (2 km) away and hit Royal Edward in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes.
Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn and rescued 440 men in six hours. Two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221. According to authors James Wise and Scott Baron, Royal Edward's death toll was 935 and was high because Royal Edward had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment. Other sources report different numbers of casualties, from 132 to 1,386 or 1,865.
L/Cpl. Thomas Chamberlin
British Army 4th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Bromley by Bow, London
(d.26th Mar 1917)
Thomas Chamberlain was killed in action 1917 in Palestine, laid to rest in the Gaza War Cemetery.
Editor's Note:- On the day of his death, his regiment, part of the 54th Division, were engaged in the First Battle of Gaza (26-27 March 1917).
Albert Chambers
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Bedingfield
(d.1916)
I would like to know more information please if anyone can help me please.
L/Cpl. Ambrose Chambers
Australian Imperial Force 53rd Battalion
from:Selby, Yorkshire
Ambrose Chambers emigrated to Australia in 1912 aboard the SS Pakeha. He enrolled in the Australian Imperial Force on 16th of February 1916and served with them until 1919 when he was discharged in London and returned home to Selby in North Yorkshire. He served in Egypt and was shipped out to Port Said, leaving Sydney on 14th of April 1916 aboard the troop ship HMAT A40 Ceramic, arriving on 16th of May 1916. He was married in September 1918 at Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, England wearing his Australian army uniform and was promoted to Lance Corporal on his return to service from leave after his wedding.
Capt. D. M. Chambers
Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Daniel Chambers
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
(d.6th Nov 1917)
Daniel Chambers was aged 32 when he died and is buried in the near west boundary of the Ballymodan Old Graveyard, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Pte. David Proudlock Chambers
British Army 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:West Herrington
Pte. Edward Chambers
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.11th Jul 1916)
Edward Chambers was my great grandfather who never saw my mother. She was 3 months old when he was killed.
Rflmn. Edwin Chambers
British Army 33rd Btn. D Coy. London Regiment
from:Darlaston, S Staffs
(d.5th Oct 1918)
Pte. Frank David Chambers
British Army 10th Battalion, "C" Company Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Dartford, Kent
(d.7th Jun 1917)
My great uncle Pte. Frank David Chambers was a 20 year-old dispatch rider (motorcycle messenger) who was lost in action with the exploding of the mines at Messines on the morning of June 7th. His name now appears on Panels 45/47 on the Menin Gate at Ypres.
All we have left to remember him by is the Army's letter of condolences sent to my great grandmother. Attached with a paper clip to the top of the letter is a single one penny stamp, which according to the text of the letter, is all that was left of my great Uncle David's army pay after his expenses had been paid.
Pte. Herbert John Chambers
British Army 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Romford
(d.17th Feb 1917)
Pte. James Chambers
British Army 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment
(d.9th June 1916)
James Chambers served with 9th Devonshire Regiment, found while researching those who lived within the Posloe area of Exeter.
Rflmn. John Chambers
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st July 1916)
John Chambers died on 1st July 1916 and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Gnr. John Chambers
British Army 153rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Maj. Philip Arthur Chambers MID.
Australian Imperial Force 12th Light Horse Regiment
from:Australia
Philip Arthur Chambers was born in Wellington, New South Wales, on 12 September 1876. He was educated at Kelly College in Devon, England, and then attended St Edward's School at Oxford. On leaving school Chambers returned to Australia and enlisted with the Australian Light Horse of the Citizens' Forces. He qualified for an appointment as a second lieutenant in 1908 and married his wife, Ethel, in 1911. The 38-year-old grazier enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 12 May 1915 and departed Sydney with the 12th Light Horse Regiment aboard HMAT Vestalia on 22 June 1915.
Chambers was deployed to Gallipoli in August and was evacuated to Egypt a couple of months later due to a severe case of paratyphoid. Invalided due to this disease, he was sent back to Australia in January 1916, but returned to Egypt in August 1916 and was made temporary commanding officer of the 12th Light Horse Regiment. His diaries from this time provide an officer's observations of the regiment as well as noting various troop movements, sporting matches, courts martial, and training undertaken.
In April 1917, Chambers sustained shrapnel wounds to both his right shoulder and his left hip. During July he distinguished himself as a leader of his unit and on December 1917 was Mentioned in Despatches by General Sir Edmund Allenby. Chambers continued to serve with the 12th Light Horse Regiment for the remainder of the war, noting in his diaries such battles as the second battle of Gaza in 1917, the raid on Es Salt in 1918, and the battle of Samakh in 1918. After having briefly been made commanding officer again in March 1919, Chambers returned to Australia and was officially discharged from the AIF on 20 October 1919. Philip Arthur Chambers died at Petersham, New South Wales, in 1950.
Pte. Reginald Harry Chambers
British Army 16th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Rothwell
(d.22nd April 1917)
Dvr. Robert Chambers
British Army 29th Divisional Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
from:Jarrow
(d.23rd Oct 1915)
Robert Chambers Died on 23rd October 1915 aged 18. He died at sea whilst serving with 29th Divisional Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery. It is likely that Robert was aboard the SS Marquette, which was being used as a troop carrier and also as the No 1 Stationary Hospital. 10 officers and 439 other ranks of the Ammunition Column of the British 29th Division were aboard. The total ship's complement was 741. The Marquette was torpedoed and sank in the Aegian Sea by the SM U-35 German U-Boat. 167 lives were lost
Robert was the son of Harry William and Elizabeth Chambers (nee Murray). On the 1911 census he is listed as Robert Chambers age 15 Driver underground in Boldon Colliery is with his parents Harry William and Elizabeth Chambers and family at 4 Primrose Hill, Jarrow Born in Jarrow, he had enlisted in Portsmouth.
Robert is remembered on the Mikra Memorial.
Pte. Thomas Gregory Chambers
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Thomas Chambers
British Army 19th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.24th Aug 1916)
Thomas Chambers was aged 30 when he died on 24th August 1916 whilst serving with the 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Son of William and Mary Chambers, he was born and enlisted in Jarrow.
Thomas is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (plaque on west face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. W. Chambers
Canadian Infantry 14th Btn.
Private Chambers was incarcerated in Lichtenhorst POW camp (on the edge of Luneburg Heath).
Pte. Walter M. P. Chambers
British Army 8th Battalion Border Regiment
from:Kendal
(d.31st Oct 1916)
Walter Chambers died of his injuries, I believe during the Battle of the Ancre Heights.
Pte William Chambers
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Fyting Villa, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks
(d.19th Oct 1918)
Chambers, William. Private, 76014, Killed in action on 19th October 1918. Aged 19 years.
Buried in Moorseele Military Cemetery, Wevelgem, West-Vlaanderen, in grave D 8.
Son of Mr. W. H. Chambers, of Fyting Villa, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
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