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Military service
Service number:
135450
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
November 23, 1884
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
July 22, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Harry Pledge and Susan (nee Puryer)Chapman of Illford Essex, United Kingdom.
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Pte. Ernest Charles Chapman enlisted in Toronto on July 22nd, 1915. -
Photo of Ernest Charles Chapman
Photo taken around 1915 He joined up in Toronto July 22,1915 He was the son of Harry Pledge and Susan (nee Puryer)Chapman of Illford Essex. He was killed in action in France and is buried at Zonnebeke. Arrived in Bramshott England on 9 Apr 1916 on the Empress of Britain Embarked for France 11 8 16. He was awarded the good conduct badge In his letters he states he was in the signal corp. -
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Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens.
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Private Ernest Charles Chapman
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Chapman
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Chapman
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Chapman
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Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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