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Second Lieutenant DESMOND STUART CHAPMAN

Service Number: 73170
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

IV. DD. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Vivian Victor Devereux Chapman and Grace Florence Chapman, of Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE, SO FULL OF PROMISE, HE GAVE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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