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The photo of Wilfred Chapman was published in the Green Howards Gazette (1915).
Captain Wilfred Hubert CHAPMAN
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mr. J. J. and Fanny Chapman, of Whitby, Yorks; husband of May Campbell
Chapman, of The Home Farm, Cromer, Norfolk. Served in the South African Campaign.
Died 7 August 1915. Aged 35.
Buried AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA.
Captain Chapman is commemorated on a family memorial, together with his brother
Harold, in St. Mary's Church, Whitby (in addition to being commemorated on
the Town Memorial in the same church).
Rachel Farrand, <farrand.rachel@btinternet.com>, has very kindly provided
a photo of this memorial. A larger sized image can be viewed by selecting
the thumbnail, below.
(Copyright of the above image remains with Rachel Farrand)
Captain Chapman is also commemorated on a family memorial in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Barkway (Herts). He married May Campbell Sinclair in this church on 5 August 1909. He and May had two daughters, Elizabeth Mary (b. 22 April 1911) and Annie Wilfrida Sinclair (b. 31 December 1913). His daughters erected the memorial in this church.
Wilfred Hubert Chapman was President of the Cambridge University Boat Club in around 1903, and a caricature of him appeared in Vanity Fair. Select the imagebelow for a larger version which opens in a new window. (Image from Wikipedia)
Robert Coulson has provided a biography of Captain Chapman in his "Officers Died in the First World War".
There is also a biography of Captain Chapman with a photo in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, which may be read by selecting the thumbail image below for a larger version which opens in a new window.
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