Private Frederick Lester Chapman

Army Number : 204577

Battalion :1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Tideswell, Derbyshire. Son of Frederick and Mary Elizabeth Chapman, of Queen’s Street, Tideswell. He was a letter press printer prior to enlisting at Tideswell. He died of wounds at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, Chocques, France.

Died : 17th March 1918, aged 29.

Buried/Commemorated : Chocques Military Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row O. Grave 38.

Photograph of the grave of Private F.L. Chapman kindly submitted by
Mark Ashton

Private Frederick Lester Chapman is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. John the Baptist Church War Memorial, Tideswell, Derbyshire.
Tideswell War Memorial, Tideswell, Derbyshire.