Name
Frederick George Chapman
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/08/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/35035
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
4th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Borehamwood Town Memorial,
All Saints Church Memorial, Borehamwood,
Harpenden Town Memorial,
Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden,
Not on the Hemel Hempstead Memorials,
We are not aware of any Gaddesden Row memorial
Pre War
Frederick George was born in 1890 in Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, the eldest son of Walter Chapman, a gardener, and Eliza (nee Lawrence). One of seven children.
He was baptised on 11 May 1890, in the Parish Church Great Gaddesden, Herts.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at 1 Ivy Lodge, Gaddesden Row, where his father was working as a coachman (domestic servant). In 1901 the family moved to Grange Cottage, Allum Lane, Elstree when his father was working as a Groom & Gardener. By 1911 they had moved to Boreham Wood and Frederick was also working as a gardener.
Frederick married Edith Cain in 1915 in Barnet and lived at 4 Newcombe Street (Park Hill), Harpenden (with his parents-in-law Mr & Mrs Cain).
He lived at 1 Malden Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
Wartime Service
Frederick enlisted in St Albans and served as Private G/35035 in the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
He was killed in action on 16 August 1916 at Delville Wood on the Somme. His remains were not recovered and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.
Additional Information
A war gratuity of £3 and arrears of £2 8s 2d were paid to his widow Edith. She also received a pension of 10 shillings a week.
His widow later lived at Lower Litton Road, Harpenden, Herts,
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper, Brenda Palmer, Taff Williams, Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild, Taff Williams,
