Lance Corporal George Chapman

Army Number: 3882

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. Son of Elizabeth Chapman, of South Normanton, Derbyshire; husband of Mary Elizabeth Platts (formerly Chapman), of 45, Gladstone Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 12th August 1914 at Derby. He went to France on 28th November 1914 and received gunshot wounds to his head on 25th January 1915. He was transferred to No. 1 Stationary Hospital Rouen, France and onto England on 8th February 1915. He returned to France on 3rd August 1915 and suffered shrapnel wounds to his left arm on 12th March 1916. He was transferred to No. 4 General Hospital Cammieres, France on 14th March 1916 and onto England on 17th March 1916. He returned to France on 11th April 1917 and was appointed Lance Corporal on 27th April 1918, he died of wounds, on 19th September 1918, aged 26, at 48 Casualty Clearing Station Brie, France.

Buried: Brie British Cemetery, France. Plot 1 Row D. Grave 6.