Memorial

Private L Chapman

Private Lewis Chapman

Source: Copyright Jane King

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Current Location

Section 4, Eastfield Cemetery, 371, Eastfield Road, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4RE, England

TF 20639 00739

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 100447
Description: Rectangular headstone, with rounded arch, on family grave. The inscription is in lead lettering.
Inscription: IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ OUR DEAR MOTHER/ SARAH ANN CHAPMAN/ WHO FELL ASLEEP NOV. 24TH 1926,/ AGED 73./ ALSO OF PTE. LEWIS CHAPMAN,/ SON OF THE ABOVE,/ WHO DIED IN GERMANY/ AUG. 3RD 1918/ AGED 33./ "AT REST"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, place of death, date of death, age, relationships.

Sponsor Type: private
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Erected by the family.
Maintenance History: When photographed and recorded for IWM on 23/9/2019, although the inscription was fully legible, the stone itself was leaning forward at a pronounced angle, due to subsidence.

Gravestone

Height: 1080mm

Width: 660mm

Depth: 60mm

Made from: Stone - Limestone

Condition: Poor

Lettering

Made from: Lead

Condition: Good

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that Private Lewis Parkinson Chapman, 46642, of the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, died on 3/8/1918, aged 32, and is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery in Kassel, Germany. They record him as the 'Husband of Sarah Chapman, of 34, Monument St., Peterborough', see https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/903092/lewis-parkinson-chapman/