Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookt. was ordered to support the 28th Division, which had become exposed by the retirement of the Canadians. It reached a position an hour before dawn, and dug itself in. A small post in a house on the left flank of the line was rushed by Germans, who were thereby able to enfilade our trenches. It was thus we lost Capt. Sandeman, your husband and many men.... He set an example of devotion to the highest ideal of duty which is possible for any one to do in giving his life for his country, when only his own unbending sense of duty was there to urge him forward." Capt. Chapman was one of the founders of modern Coulsdon. Going there nearly a dozen years ago he purchased the land which now forms the Smitham Downs Estate, and proceeded to at once develop it. He took an active interest in the formation of St. Andrew's district in the year 1906, and became one of the first churchwardens of the temporary church. At the time of his death he was still serving as sidesman. He was married, but had no issue. [Illustration: =Arthur Thomas Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, CLEMENT=, Sailmaker's Mate (R.F.R., B. 3220), 169201, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, EDWARD HENRY=, Lieut.-Col., 6th (Service) Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt., 1st _s._ of Edward Henry Chapman, of Cobrey Park, Ross, co. Hereford, by his late wife, Elizabeth Eden, dau. of James Walker, of Airy Hill, Whitby; _b._ Budleigh Salterton, co. Devon; educ. Aysgarth School, Yorkshire, United Services College, Westward Ho! and Sandhurst; obtained his commission in the 2nd Yorkshires, 20 Feb. 1895; and was promoted Lieut. 18 Aug. 1897, Capt. 29 Sept. 1901, Major 11 Feb. 1911, and Lieut.-Col. 19 Aug. 1914. He served in India and Burmah; took part in the Tirah Campaign, 1897-8, including the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, the action at Saran Sar, and the operations round Dwatoi and against the Khani and Khel Chamkanis, and received the Tirah medal with two clasps. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was in charge of the Richmond Depôt, and undertook the raising of the 6th Battn., which formed part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action, 7 Aug. 1915, at the capture of the hill at Lalla Baba. The Chaplain of the 32nd Brigade, writing to his father, said: "He died as he would have wished to die--a gallant soldier leading his men, himself at the very front of the regt., on the summit of Lala Baba. As you have perhaps since learned we were to make a fresh landing on the night of the 6th inst. There were urgent reasons why we should capture the hill in silence, at the point of the bayonet without firing a shot. The moment we landed we were met with a very hot and accurate fire, which accounted for many casualties before our task was accomplished. Our advance, however, was irresistible, and despite the hail of bullets and the shower of shrapnel which had now got the range, the Yorkshires pushed forward to the Turkish trenches on the crest of the hill. There it was that the colonel's gifts of leadership made themselves felt. 'Come on the Yorkshires,' he cried, and at their head with fixed bayonets, the lads he trained so well swept forward with irresistible force and the hill was ours. This brilliant little initial victory was, however, very dearly bought, for on the summit lay our colonel dead, and scattered all around a mass of wounded, dead and dying. With dawn we were able to estimate our losses. The losses among the men were heavy, but by no means proportional to the officers. The officers are young men who have received their commissions since the formation of the New Army. I go to see them in the firing line as often as I can. Their wonderful confidence and courage pass all belief. Confronted with a task that would try the nerve and test the skill of the most experienced soldier, commanded by a junior captain of 24 years, this little band of lads (for they are little more) with a wonderful courage, inspire with confidence and hope the men so unexpectedly committed to their care. It is a fresh and glorious page to be written in the history of the 'Green Howards.' Your son died instantaneously, shot through the neck. I was by his side not long afterwards, and so was able to prepare roughly for his burial. We buried him the same day in the same grave as his cousin, Wilfred Chapman, and two other officers, and have since erected a rough cross over the grave. At the moment of the accomplishment of the task he had been ordered to perform, with a quiet happy smile upon his face, he met his end as I know he would have chosen had the choice been his--the end of an English gentleman and a very gallant soldier.--P.S.--I am writing this under shell fire, so you must excuse its many errors." He was _unm._ A tablet to his memory was placed in Richmond Parish Church, Yorkshire. [Illustration: =Edward Henry Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, FRANK JAMES ALBERT=, Private, No. 2856, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Frank William Chapman, Driver A.S.C. (now on service in France), by his wife, Elizabeth Eliza (Dale Hill, Ticehurst, Sussex), dau. of James Francis; _b._ Frimwell, co. Sussex, 9 Sept. 1895; educ. Ticehurst Council School; enlisted about 18-19 Nov. 1914; went to France, 20 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 12 July, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ His brother, Driver Walter Reginald Chapman, No. 092582, A.S.C., is now (1916) on active service in Egypt. =CHAPMAN, FRED CHARLES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8421), 294415, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9954), S.S. 107663, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHAPMAN, GEORGE ERNEST=, Private, No. 9073, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Chapman, of Thorpe Salvin, Worksop, Farm Horseman, by his wife, Harriett, dau. of William Good; _b._ Thorpe Salvin, co. Nottingham, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 10 April, 1911, and served three years with the Colours, then passing into the Reserve and joining the Nottingham County Constabulary. He was stationed at headquarters during his brief service with the force, and his superior officers spoke highly of him. On the declaration of war in August following, however, he was called up and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =George E. Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, GEORGE MARTIN=, M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., Lieut., R.A.M.C., attached 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), 2nd _s._ of the Hon. Mr. Justice Frederick Revans Chapman, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, by his wife, Clara, dau. of George Cook, of Dunedin, Barrister, and gdson. of the late Hon. Henry Samuel Chapman, also a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand; _b._ Dunedin, New Zealand, 26 March, 1887; educ. Waitaki High School, Oamaru, New Zealand, and the Otago University Medical School, and on leaving there went to Lon |