Name
Albert William Chapman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/08/1918
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
86184
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1st/ 7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
VI. C. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Great Amwell Village Memorial, St John the Baptist Church Memorial, Great Amwell, St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware, Christchurch Memorial, Ware, Ware Town Memorial
Pre War
Born in 1891 in Mount Street, Great Amwell, Herts. son of Henry and Rosabel Chapman, and christened on 19 Oct 1891 in Great Amwell. Later living in 2, Amwell Terrace, Ware, Herts.
He was living as a boarder in Mount Street, Ware working as a packing maker for ships in 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Ware formerly 9628 R.A.M.C. and was transferred to the 1/7 Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and he died as a result of wounds to his stomach at 3 Casualty Clearing Station, France
His parents were notified of his death at 2 Amwell Terrace, Ware.
Additional Information
Albert was the third sone to enlist, one of whom was a POW in Westphalia.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
