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Lance Corporal WILLIAM EDWARD CHAPMAN

Service Number: 6283490
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1940

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERRIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Florence May Chapman; husband of Winifred Clara Chapman, of Hanworth, Middlesex.
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Buried or commemorated at

MERRIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 17
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