Name
Wilfrid Hubert Chapman(*1)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/07/1915
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Yorkshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA
Special Memorial 35.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Individual Plaque, St Mary Magdalene Church, Barkway
Pre War
Son of Mr. Joseph John and Fanny Chapman (née Simpson), later recorded at Whitby, Yorkshire.
Wilfrid was educated at Eton, after which he went to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a proficient rower, being in the winning Cambridge boat in 1899.
He married May Campbell of 5E Montagu Mansions, Portman Square, W. at Barkway on the 5th of August 1909. The couple had two daughters: Elizabeth Mary, born 22nd of April 1911 and Annie Wilfrida Sinclair, born 31st December 1913.
Served in The South African Campaign. Wilfred had previously served in South Africa during the Boer War.
Wartime Service
When war was declared Wilfrid was manager of the Bombay Co. in Karachi and joined the Sind Volunteer Field Artillery. The company refused permission to go to the front so he threw up his appointment and returned to England. He rejoined the Yorkshires as Captain in June 1915. The regiment left for the Dardanelles in early July.
Wilfrid was killed during the landing at Suvla Bay on the 6th of August 1915.
Additional Information
*1 CWGC and SDITGW record him as Wilfred.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts, Jonty Wild
