Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookck, co. Suffolk, 13 Feb. 1884; educ. Waldron Road L.C.C. School, Wandsworth; left England for Australia in Aug. 1911, and was for some time in the bush, afterwards working in Blackbutt, Queensland, and then going to Sydney. He enlisted in Jan. 1915, and was wounded in the charge of the Australians at Lone Pine, 14 Aug. 1915, dying the day following at Alexandria; _unm._ He had been ordered a rest because of his eyes being weak, but would not go upon hearing of the impending charge. Chapman was a keen athlete, holding many medals for swimming, gymnastics and football. [Illustration: =Philip George Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, RICHARD KEPPEL GEORGE SUTTON=, Midshipman, R.N., yst. _s._ of Francis Hay Chapman, Commander R.N. (retired), of 12, Foster Road, Alverstoke, Hants, by his wife, Amy Georgiana, 2nd dau. of the late Capt. Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars, and granddau. of Capt. Robert Nassau Sutton, 7th Fusiliers, A.D.C. to Sir Ralph Abercrombie in Egypt [3rd son of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bart., M.P.]; _b._ Blackheath, S.E., 26 Oct. 1898; educ. Shirley House School, Old Charlton, Weymouth College, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 3 Aug. 1914, when the Fleet mobilised for war. He was killed at Sheerness in the explosion on board that ship, 26 Nov. 1914. Chapman was a general favourite and a keen sportsman. A former tutor wrote: "May the thought that no finer or more upright lad ever wore naval uniform in some small measure be your consolation," and another wrote: "No one that had anything to do with Dickie could help loving him." [Illustration: =Richard K. G. S. Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, WILFRID HUBERT=, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regt., 4th and yst. surviving _s._ of the late Joseph John Chapman, of St. Hilda's Terrace, Whitby, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Henry Simpson, and gdson. of Joseph Barker Chapman; _b._ Goudhurst, co. Kent, 13 Dec. 1879; and went to Eton (Mr. Hale's in 1894, and afterwards with his brother, Harold, in 1895 to Mr. Somerville's). Here he soon became known as a boy of independent, original character, and a promising athlete. In 1897 he was first Whip of the Beagles and second Captain of the Boats; he won the school steeplechase, mile and half-mile, and rowed bow of the eight which won at Henley. In 1898 he won the Steeplechase again, and for the second time rowed bow of the eight which won the Ladies Plate at Henley. From Eton he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1899 rowed bow of the eight which beat Oxford for the first time for 10 years. At the time of the South African War he was given (10 July, 1900) a commission as Lieut. in the 4th (Militia) Battn. of the Yorkshires, and served through that campaign, being promoted Capt. 25 Feb. 1901, and receiving the Queen's medal with three clasps. At the end of the war he retired, returned to Cambridge, and was in the winning Cambridge crews of 1902 and 1903, and was president of the Cambridge University Boating Club in the latter year. On leaving Cambridge he went into business in London, but still kept up his rowing. He was in the Third Trinity eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1902, and the four that won the Stewards' Challenge Cup the same year, on both occasions beating Leander in the finals. In 1903 for Third Trinity, which won the Stewards' Challenge Cup. This was said to be the best four ever seen at Henley up to that date. In the Grand Challenge Cup Third Trinity were only beaten by six feet after a most exciting struggle, in which each boat took the lead alternately. In 1904 he was in the Leander eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup, and in the Third Trinity four which won the Stewards' Challenge Cup. In 1905 he went to India as an assistant in the Bombay Co., and when war was declared he was manager of the company in Karachi. He immediately joined the Sind Volunteer Field Artillery, but being desirous of going to the Front and failing to get permission from the company, he threw up his appointment, came home and rejoined the Yorkshires as Capt. in June, 1915. The regt. left England for the Dardanelles early the following month, and Capt. Chapman was killed in the landing at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Barkway, co. Herts, 5 Aug. 1909, May Campbell, dau. of Alexander Sinclair, of 5e, Montagu Mansions, Portman Square, W., and had two daus.: Elizabeth Mary, _b._ 22 April, 1911; and Annie Wilfrida Sinclair, _b._ 31 Dec. 1913. His elder brother, Percy, Lieut., 21st Lancers, died of enteric in the Sudan in 1905; another brother, Harold, a Capt. in the Yorkshires, was wounded in Gallipoli a day or two after his brother was killed. [Illustration: =Wilfrid Hubert Chapman.=] =CHAPMAN, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 16431, 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, _s._ of William George Chapman, Police Sergeant, Herts Constabulary, in charge of the police station at Royston; _b._ Weston, co. Herts, 24 Nov. 1894; commenced his career in the engineering works of the Dacre Motor Car Co. at Letchworth, and after a short time in the Heatly Gresham Works, enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, 24 April, 1913. He left England with his regt. on or about 12 Aug. 1914, was in the retreat from Mons, and in the various subsequent engagements, being taken prisoner in Nov. but managed to escape. He was killed in action near Béthune, while carrying a despatch from the firing line to Headquarters. A comrade wrote that when the bullet struck him he smiled and fell down dead. Chapman was recommended in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =William Alfred Chapman.=] =CHAPPLE, JOHN HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch. 14863, H.M.S. Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHARITY, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21839, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHARLES, GEORGE=, Private, No. 4242, 1st Battn. Royal Scots, _s._ of the late George Charles, of Leven, co. Fife, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of the late Alexander Mitchell, of Leven; _b._ Leith, 1871; educ. Bonnington Road School there; enlisted Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 May, 1915. He _m._ at Leith, 29 July, 1894, Catherine (died 30 April, 1911), dau. of James Dalgleish, and had two sons and four daus.: George, Private, No. 6410, Royal Scots Fusiliers (twice wounded), _b._ 1895; James, Private, No. 1942, -- Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _b._ 1897 (both on active service); Barbara; Lizzie, _b._ 9 June, 1901; Kate, and Isabella, _b._ 3 Oct. 1907. =CHARLES, JAMES ARTHUR MERRIMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King's Shropshire L.I., only _s._ of the Rev. James Hamilton Charles, M.A., R.D., Vicar of Oakham, by his wife, Elisabeth, dau. of the late John Jones Merriman, of 45, Kensington Square, W., M.D.; _b._ Whittlesea, Peterborough, 7 Feb |