Private Mark Chapman

Army Number : 43699

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Cowbit Lincolnshire and lived at South Drove, Spalding, Lincolnshire. Son of Thomas and Susannah Chapman, of 88, Mayor’s Walk, Peterborough. He was a Farm Worker on his fathers farm prior to enlisting at Spalding. He was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, aged 27, during the attack near Beaumont Hamel, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried : Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France. Row F, Grave 10.

Private Mark Chapman is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Peterborough Cathedral Sprite Chapel Book of Remembrance, Peterborough.