Name
Edward Henry Chapman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/08/1915
40
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own)
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA
Special Memorial 5.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 25 Apr 1875 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, son of Edward Henry and Elizabeth Eden (Walker) Chapman of Carr Hall, Whitby, Yorkshire and of Cobrey Park, Ross, Herefordshire. Educated at the United Services College 1889-93 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Yorkshires on 20 Feb 1895 and promoted to Lieutenant on 18 Aug 1897. Served on the North-West Frontier 1897-98. Made Captain on 29 Sep 1901 and Major on 11 Feb 1911. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
He became Lieutenant Colonel commanding the newly formed 6th Bn. on 19 Aug 1914. He was killed in action at the capture of the hill at Lala Baba near Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
