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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM JAMES CHAPMAN

Service Number: 324652
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

II, F, 24.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William James Chapman and Florence Edith Chapman, of Benchill, Wythenshawe, Manchester; husband of Marjorie Edna Chapman, of Benchill.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED AND THOSE HE LOVED WILL REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1192
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