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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
174744
Age:
22
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
December 27, 1895
Birmingham, England
Enlistment:
July 28, 1915
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 27.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. F. M. Chapman, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 24 January 1919.
Digital gallery of Corporal Richard Henry Chapman
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 593 of 958. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Henry Chapman
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Henry Chapman
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Henry Chapman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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