Corporal George Henry Chapple

Army Number: 266563 (formerly 4902)

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British War and Victory Medal

Born in Newstead, Nottinghamshire. Son of Charles and Emma Chapple, of “The Bungalow “, Wood Lane, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. He was a booking clerk, for the Midland Railway prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 21st March 1918, aged 29, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Arras Memorial, France.

Corporal George Henry Chapple is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Brunt’s School War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary Magdeleln Church Wart Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Midland Railway Memorial, Derby.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.