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Corporal JAMES CHAPMAN

Service Number: S/5888
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

II. D. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Helen M. Chapman, of 21, Bridgend, Chryston, Glasgow. Born at Jellyhill, Cadder.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 169
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