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Horrace John Chapman
British Army Cameron Highlanders
(d.5th May 1915)
Pte Horrace John Chapman, 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders was killed in action at Hill 60
Pte. John Ernest Chapman
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:New South Wales
(d.7th Jun 1917)
John Chapman was a 36year old Miner working at Bismuth Mine, Torrington, New South Wales when he enlisted in March 1916. he was killed in action on the 7th of June 1917 during the Battle of Messines. He has no known grave.
Lt. John Joseph Chapman
Australian Imperial Force 9th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
John Joseph Chapman was born at Ballarat, Victoria, in 1889 and was a clerk by trade before joining the Australian Imperial Force. He signed up at Brisbane on 15 September 1914 and was assigned to the 9th Infantry Battalion with the rank of private. Chapman departed Brisbane aboard HMAT Omrah on 24 September 1914.
Whilst serving at Gallipoli in 1915 he was wounded and evacuated to Malta. Chapman later re-joined the 9th Battalion on the Western Front where he was wounded again during 1916. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 18 June 1918. Chapman remained in England at the end of the First World War and married Emily Alice Myatt, a furrier, on 6 September 1919. John Chapman was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 23 May 1920.
Spr. John Chapman
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Croscombe, Somerset
(d.2nd June 1916)
John Chapman's enlistment date is not known. He married Louisa Perkins in 1914 and was sent to France in November 1915. John was presumably gassed in the trenches, and returned to England after weeks in hospital in Bologne. He was admitted to Forest Park Hospital in Lymington, Hampshire where, alas, he passed away as a result of injuries sustained in France. The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia.
John left a widow and a young daughter. His widow remarried and eventually became my grandmother.
Sgt. John Richard Chapman MM.
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Brentford, Middlesex
John Chapman volunteered during August 1914 and was sent to France after initial training. He took a prominent part in many important engagements, including the Battles of Ypres, Loos, the Somme, and Cambrai. He also participated in severe fighting at Dickebusch and Beaulencourt. He was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in the field, and was discharged in September 1918 on grounds of ill health. He died of tuberculosis in 1927.
Pte. Joseph Stafford Chapman
British Army 10th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Percy Chapman
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Hackney, London
(d.28th Mar 1918)
My Great-Uncle Percy Chapman was born in 1898, fifth of six children to George and Elizabeth. He died on the 28th of March 1918, during the German offensive at Arras. Younger brother to George Chapman.
Pte. Robert Chapman
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Barnsley
(d.20th Oct 1914)
Robert Chapman was killed in action 20/10/1914, aged 31. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium. He was the husband of Florence Chapman of 23 Summer Lane, Barnsley, he also left two daughters Lorna Chapman aged 2 years and Vera Chapman who was just 12 months.
Pte. Robert Chapman MM
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Crostwick
L/Cpl. Stanley Chapman
British Army 12th (Hull Sportsmen) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.13th Nov 1916)
Pte. Thomas Henry Chapman
British Army 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Milford, Derbyshire
Harry Chapman was my grandfather and he served throughout World War I. He only spoke to me once about the war, which was when I told him I was going to join the Women's Royal Naval Service in 1974. He said that if he had his time over again he would join the RAF. I asked why, as he had never expressed this idea before. He said that when he was in the trenches, he used to look up and see the men flying above and think, "God, I wish I was up there."
L/Cpl. Thomas Henry Chapman
British Army 2/8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
(d.27th April 1916)
Lance Corporal Chapman is buried in the Other Rank Graveyard in the Kilmainham (Royal Hospital) Cemetery, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
Cpl. William Henry Chapman DCM.
British Army 1st Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Llantarnam, Cwmbran,
(d.5th Oct 1918)
Citation for DCM awarded to Cpl. William Chapman dated 3rd September 1918:- "For conspicuous gallentry and devotion to duty, during a counter attack he led his section with great courage and determination and on reaching his objective proceeded to account for any remnants of the enemy defenders left in the trench. In doing so he was confronted single handedly by fourteen of the enemy. But he contained them until assistance arrived, and then they were secured. Two days previously, he had been surrounded with his section, in a heavily bombarded position, but he managed to extradite his men with great skill, from the difficult position."
Pte. William Chapman
British Army 2/4th Battalion K Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:DEwsbury West Yorkshire
(d.13th March 1917)
William Chapman enlisted in February 1915. Died 17.3.1917 age 27. He is buried in the Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy France.
William had three brothers also with the colours, Joseph William Chapman who was also in France in 1917, Thomas Chapman who was lying in a Manchester hospital with chattered nerves and John who was suffering from fever. Information from the Dewsbury press.
They were the sons of Thomas and Dorothy Chapman of Thornhill Lees Dewsbury.
Sgt. William Henry Chapman
British Army 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Sjt.Mjr. John L Chapman,
British Army 8th Btn. British West Indies Regiment
from:Saint Vincent, West Indies
John Chapman served with the 8th Battalion British West Indies Regiment and was twice mentioned in dispatches.
Pte. Albert Thomas Chappell
British Army 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Synwell, Wotton-under-Edge
(d.1st Dec 1918)
Albert Chappell was born in 1894 at Tresham, Gloucestershire to Albert James and Kate Elizabeth Chappell. In 1901, he was residing with his parents and siblings at The Sheet, Hawkesbury near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire; and in 1911, he was living with his brother William Albert, mother, and stepfather Richard Godfrey at Bowldon near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. His occupation was farm labourer.
He enlisted into the 13th Gloucestershire Regiment on 9th of December 1915 at the age of 22 years and 3 months and was posted to the army reserve to await his mobilization. At the time, he was residing at Ragonel Terrace, Synwell, Wotton-under-Edge. On 23 December 1916, he married Winifred Tavinner at the Tabernacle, Wotton-under-Edge.
He was called to the colours with the 1st Royal West Kent Regiment on 22nd of February 1917 at Horfield Barracks, Horfield, Bristol. Then on 11th June 1917, he embarked for France. On 21st of April 1918, he received a shrapnel wound to his left thigh, and on 6th of October 1918 was transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He died of influenza at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station on 1st of December 1918, and is buried in Caudry British Cemetery, France.
L/Sgt. Frank Chappell
British Army 1/4 Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding)
from:Elland
(d.19th December 1915)
Cpl. Frank Chappell
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
(d.19th Dec 1915)
Frank Chappell was killed in action on the 19th of December 1915
Private Henry Chappell
British Army 1st Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regt
(d.20th Oct 1914)
Henry Chappell was my grandfathers brother and it looks like a pre WW1 serving soldier with the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regt. My Grandfathers family orginated from London/Kent so it is strange Henry belonged to a Northern Regiment. I have no information regarding henry and am unaware of where he was living and whether he was married etc. I know that he landed in France/Belgium on the 12th September 1914 and was killed in action in October 1914, he has no known grave so his name is recorded on one of the many memorials. If anyone has any information or is a relative of Henry please contact me
Cpl. Percy Chappell
British Army 1/23rd Btn. London Regiment
from:Balham
(d.26th May 1915)
Percy Chappell was my great-uncle. His two brothers also served in the Great War. Albert Ricketts, Rifleman 6536, 8th Battalion, London Regiment, Post Office Rifles, Killed in Actiob 7 October 1916. Also, Arthur Ricketts (my grandfather) believed to have served in the Monmouthshire Regiment T.A.
Able Sea. W. H. Chappell
Royal Naval Division Volunteer Reserve Hawke Btn.
(d.25th December 1917)
Able Seaman Chappell served with Hawke Battalion. He died of wounds on 25th December 1917, aged 27. He is buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France.
Cpl. William Chappell
British Army 16th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corp
from:Ossett, Wakefield, Yorkshire
(d.31st Jan 1916)
William Chappell was born in 1896 in Batley, near Dewsbury in Yorkshire, son of Arthur and Hannah Maria Chappell. Ă‚Â The Chappells' lived in Ossett, near Wakefield with William, known as Willie, his brother Joe (b1894), sister Mary (b1905), and his cousin Bertram Allsopp (b1891), adopted son of the Chappells. Ă‚Â By 1911, the Chappell household also includes Arthur's mother Mary Chappell, 75. Ă‚Â Ossett was principally a cloth making town, but also employed many in the local coal miners around Wakefield. Ă‚Â Arthur was aĂ‚Â Stationary EngineerĂ‚Â and had married Hannah Maria nee Green in July 1892. Ă‚Â Willie's brother, Joe, was an apprentice blacksmith, andĂ‚Â Bertram was a Mill Worker Rag Maker, whilst Willie and his sister Mary were at school in 1911. Ă‚Â
Willie joined the Church Lads Brigade at the age of 13 in 1909, and the boys were disciplined locally in riffle drills and various military style exercises.Ă‚Â In 1911 the small movement became recognised by the War Office as part of the Territorial Cadet Force and when the call to arms came in the summer of 1914Ă‚Â they formed the 16th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade) of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) under Field Marshal Lord Grenfell at Denham in Buckinghamshire. In early September, despite Willies 17 years of age (the minimum age for enlistment was 19 but it was not uncommon for boys to have lied about their age in order to enlist), he left his family and travelled first to London's King Cross, and then to Denham. Willie writes to his mother as soon as he arrives in Denham, on a postcard he bought at the Swan Hotel on the Village Road: Ă‚Â
"Dear Mother,Ă‚Â Arrived London 2pm. Ă‚Â Came straight here. Ă‚Â Can't say where or what we shall do. Ă‚Â This place Denham is near Webridge. Ă‚Â Don't worry shall be all right. Ă‚Â Don't know my address yet. Ă‚Â Love from Willie." Ă‚Â He adds one more line: "Am in this hotel on the photo while writing". Ă‚Â Ă‚Â
Willie spent the next six months in Denham undertaking training and guard duties at local bridges and reservoirs, and two further months in Raleigh, Essex. InĂ‚Â June 1915 the Lads moved to Clipstone Camp in Mansfield and attach to the 100th Brigade in 33rd DivisionĂ‚Â and that summer on to Perham Down, aĂ‚Â village near Salisbury Plain, and Andover.Ă‚Â In November the Division received a warning order to prepare to sail for France, and the Brigade movedĂ‚Â by train to Southampton with a total contingent of 30 officers and 994 other ranks, 64 horses and mules, 19 vehicles and 9 bicycles. Ă‚Â Willie and theĂ‚Â 16th Battalion (Church Lads Brigade) of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps endedĂ‚Â their journey into warĂ‚Â with a night Channel crossingĂ‚Â andĂ‚Â landed on 17th November in the Haute-Normandie region of France at Le Havre. Ă‚Â
The following is an account from records of the KRRC 16th Battalion:Ă‚Â Ă‚Â From the Le Havre, the battalion moves first by train via Abbeville to Thienne on 19th November and then after a few days in Boesegham it marches on to Annezin by the 30th November. Various course and training continue while different parts of the battalion are giving some trench familiarisation in rotation.Ă‚Â Others are attached to the 180th Tunnelling Company RE as working parties for mining activities. They move to St.Hilaire on the 12th December, where they remain until the 28th December.Ă‚Â Christmas day 1915, passes without any special note and 28th/29th December they move to billets in Bethune. The Battalion gets the bath house on New Year's day, but there is no clean kit available.Ă‚Â On 2nd January 1916, the first Sunday of the New Year, the battalion moves into the firing line for eight days in trenches near Bethune.Ă‚Â The battalion's position comes under an intense bombardment that lasts for hours. As the firing and shelling dies down, the damage has to be repaired. This work, together with digging out the buried men, goes for the next few days while the enemy continue to snipe, shell and machine gun.Ă‚Â The battalion is relieved on the 10th of January.Ă‚Â Their losses for that first Sunday alone were 9 killed and 27 wounded. Ă‚Â
It was at, or shortly after, this battle in Bethune that the 19-year old William Chappell was wounded and died of his injuries. Ă‚Â He was buried on 31st of January 1916 in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, and a headstone marks his burial. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission record his passing: "Chappell, W. Age 20. Son of Arthur and Hannah Maria Chappell of 6 Groudle Place, Broadowler Lane, Ossett Wakefield."
Pte. William "Wallie" Chappell
Riffleman 16th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Ossett, Wakefield Yorkshire
(d.31st Jan 1916)
I came across a rather sweet postcard from this boy to his mother as he prepared to leave for war, and, so I decided to find out more about this soldier and from where he had come. William Chappell was born in 1896 in Batley, Yorkshire, son of Hannah Maria and Arthur Chappell. The Chappells lived in Ossett, near Wakefield with William, known as Wallie, his brother Joe (b.1894), sister Mary (b.1905) and his cousin Bertram Allsopp (b.1892, adopted son of the Chappells. By 1911, the Chappell household also included Arthur's mother Mary Chappell, 75.
Ossett was principally a cloth making town, but also employed many in the local coal mines around Wakefield. Arthur was a Stationary Engineer and had married Hannah Maria c.1891. Wallie's brother, Joe, was an apprentice blacksmith, and Bertram was a Mill Worker/Rag Maker, whilst Wallie and his sister Mary were at school in 1911.
Wallie joined the Church Lads' Brigade sometime around 1909 at the age of 13, and the boys were disciplined in rifle drills and various military style exercises. In 1911 the small movement became recognised by the War Office as part of the Territorial Cadet Force and when the call to arms came in the summer of 1914 they formed the 16th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads' Brigade) of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps under Field Marshal Lord Grenfell at Denham in Buckinghamshire.
In early September 1914 the 18-year-old Wallie Chappell left his family and travelled first to London's King Cross, and then across to Denham. Wallie writes to his mother as soon as he arrives in Denham, on a postcard he bought at the Swan Hotel on the Village Road:
"Dear Mother, Arrived London 2pm. Came straight here. Can't say where or what we shall do. This place Denham is near Webridge. Don't worry shall be all right. Dont know my address yet. Love from Wallie." He adds one more line: "Am in this hotel on the photo while writing".
Wallie spent the next six months in Denham undertaking training and guard duties at local bridges and reservoirs, and two further months in Raleigh, Essex. In June 1915 the Lads moved to Clipstone Camp in Mansfield and attach to the 100th Brigade in 33rd Division and that summer on to Perham Down, a village near Salisbury Plain, and Andover. In November the Division received a warning order to prepare to sail for France, and the Brigade moved by train to Southampton with a total contingent of 30 officers and 994 other ranks, 64 horses and mules, 19 vehicles and 9 bicycles. Wallie and the 16th Battalion (Church Lads' Brigade) of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps ended their journey into war with a night Channel crossing and landed on 17th November in the Haute-Normandie region of France at Le Havre.
The following is an account from records of the 16th Battalion:
From the Le Havre, the battalion moves first by train via Abbeville to Thienne on 19th November and then after a few days in Boesegham it marches on to Annezin by the 30th November. Various course and training continue while different parts of the battalion are giving some trench familiarisation in rotation. Others are attached to the 180th Tunnelling Company RE as working parties for mining activities. They move to St.Hilaire on the 12th December, where they remain until the 28th December. Christmas day 1915, passes without any special note and 28th/29th December they move to billets in Bethune. The Battalion gets the bath house on New Year's day, but there is no clean kit available.
On 2nd January 1916, the first Sunday of the New Year, the battalion moves into the firing line for eight days in trenches near Bethune. The battalion's position comes under an intense bombardment that lasts for hours. As the firing and shelling dies down, the damage has to be repaired. This work, together with digging out the buried men, goes for the next few days while the enemy continue to snipe, shell and machine gun. The battalion is relieved on the 10th January. Their losses for that first Sunday alone were 9 killed and 27 wounded.
It was at, or shortly after, this battle in Bethune that William 'Wallie' Chappell was wounded and died of his injuries. He was buried on 31st of January 1916 in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, and a headstone marks his burial. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission record his passing: "Chappell, W. Age 20. Son of Arthur and Hannah Maria Chappell of 6 Groudle Place, Broadowler Lane, Ossett Wakefield."
Rflmn. Arthur Chapple
British Army 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Shoreditch
(d.3rd May 1917)
Sgt. Robert Hey Chapples
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:8 Carey Street, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.9th Apr 1916)
Sergeant Robert Hey Chapples served with the 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 9th April 1916. He is commemorated on the Basra War memorial in Iraq.
Sgt. Robert Hey Chapples
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:8 Carey Street, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.9th April 1916)
Robert Chapples died on the of 9th April 1916 and is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq.
Pte Albert Chard
British Army 14th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Portsmouth
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
Albert Chard was my Great Uncle. I don't know much about him except the 1911 census states he was a fish fryer.
Pte. Harry John Charlecraft
British Army 1/5th Btn. London Regiment
from:Teddington
Harry Charlecraft was a shoesmith and was attested 9 Nov 1914. He embarked at Southampton for Le Havre on 8 Dec 1914 and served in France until 13 Jun 1919, when he left Antwerp. He was demobbed 13 July 1919 in Woolwich.
Pte. George Charles
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.4th May 1915)
George Charles was killed whilst serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. George is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
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