Private Carvell Chambers

Private Carvell Chambers

Army Number : 2856

Battalion : 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born and lived at Underwood, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Martha Matilda Chambers, of New Street, Underwood, Nottinghamshire. He was a Coal Miner prior to enlisting 26th September 1914 at Nottingham. He went to France 25th June 1915 and was killed in action, 1st October 1915, aged 20. when the Germans exploded a mine under the trenches at Verbrandenmolen, Belgium.

Buried/Commemorated : Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Enclosure No.3 Row A. 1 Grave 19.

Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Carvell Chambers grave

Private Carvell Chambers is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Michael and All Angels Church War Memorial, Underwood, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.