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Military service
Service number:
192861
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
October 29, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Chapell, of 11, Frejama Avenue, Mount Dennis, Ontario; husband of Lydia Maud Glaed Chapell, of 224, Merton St., North Toronto.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William John Chapell
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of William Chapell
William John Chapell (known as Bill) was the eldest child of John Chapell and Emma Lillie. He left behind a wife Lydia Maud Gleed and two sons John and Percy as well as five siblings. -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH Private Chappell originally enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Hioghlanders). When the 92nd was broken up for replacements in the field he was sent to the unit's Field Service Bn. He was killed during actions at the Battle of Hill 70. -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH Private Chappell originally enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Hioghlanders). When the 92nd was broken up for replacements in the field he was sent to the unit's Field Service Bn. He was killed during actions at the Battle of Hill 70. -
Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Chapell was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
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 471 of 958. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
Digital gallery of
Private William John Chapell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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