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Private WILLIAM CHAPPIN

Service Number: 19997
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRANDCOURT ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

D. 48.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Ruth Chappin, of Tring Villa, Peaselands Rd., Sidmouth, Devon. Native of Sidmouth.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE TO THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GRANDCOURT ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 389
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