John George Chapman
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 321866
Parents: John George and Jane Chapman
Home address: Tregonissey Road, St. Austell
Date of birth: 20/08/1896
Place of birth: Plymouth
Date of death: 07/05/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried and commemorated at Kingswood Holy Trinity Churchyard and Memorial
Age: 22
Further information:
George was born in Plymouth, the son of a barber and the eldest of two children with a younger sister Lilian. He was baptised John George but was known as George (G Chapman on the memorial). By 1901 when George was just 5 years old, his mother was widowed.
George was called up in 1915 and was described at the time as 5' 8" tall and muscular. He served with the British Expeditionary Force in France but in 1918 he had several TB related admissions to Catterick Military Hospital Yorkshire and was certified as physically unfit for service in December 1918. He was finally discharged from the army in February 1919 and was transferred to Cossham Hospital, Kingswood, where he died 3 months later from widespread Tuberculosis.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/