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Harold Wilson Chapman

Rank:Lc/CplNumber:29307
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:12th Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:Manchester Rgt
Died:26/04/1918Age:34
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:FranceGrave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Forceville Communal Cemetery & Extension
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during the September quarter 1884 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/769,
the son of Walter Herbert & Annie Louisa Chapman (nee Wilson).

1891 Census - Carlton Villas, Windsor Road, Levenshulme, Manchester.   Son
- aged: 6 - born: Lancashire.   Head of household - Walter H. Chapmman -
Married - aged: 32 - occ: Commercial Traveller - born: Bolsover,
Derbyshire.   Also - Annie L. Chapman - Wife - aged: 30 - born: Halifax,
Yorkshire.   Plus 2 siblings.

1901 Census - 20, Park Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester.  Son - aged: 16 -
occ: Provision Merchant's Clerk - born: Manchester.   Head of household -
Walter H. Chapmman - Married - aged: 42 - occ: Butter Merchant - born:
Bolsover, Derbyshire.   Also - Annie L. Chapman - Wife - aged: 40 - born:
Halifax, Yorkshire.   Plus 2 siblings.

His mother - Annie Louisa Chapman died in 1905, aged: 44.

1911 Census - 44 Albert Road, Levenshulme.   Boarder - aged: 26 - occ:
Provision Trade Salesman - born: Manchester.    His widowed father - Walter
Herbert Chapman, aged: 52 and now employed as a Wholesale Provision's
Merchant, plus 2 of his siblings have now moved to 43 Hartwood Road,
Southport.

Married Elsie Annie Hampson during the December quarter 1912 in the
Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/1673.  Elsie was a shorthand typist born in 1892.

MIC - BWM & Victory only - no other info.

Commemorated on the family gravestone in Sale Cemetery - son in law to
Thomas & Letitia Hampson.  M.I. - "Thy will be done".

His Father-in-Law died 8th August 1917 and his Mother-in-Law died 16th
December 1935.

CWGC -  	Son of W. H. Chapman, of Southport and Manchester.   Not
commemorated on the Southport War Memorial.   His father died, aged: 59, a
couple of months after William.



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