Memorial

Chapman Brothers

Addition to gravestone

Source: Copyright M W Dack

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Current Location

London Road Cemetery, London Road, Kettering, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7PF, England

SP 86997 78323

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 42142
Description: Family grave. Headstone with an integral inscription for four brothers who all died as a consequence of the Great War. Two of the brothers are interred in the grave & two more brothers are buried in France.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / SONS OF GEORGE AND SARAH A. CHAPMAN / L'CPL CHARLES REUBEN M.M. / DIED FROM GAS POISONING / NOV 30TH 1918 AGED 22 YEARS. / PTE ALFRED RICHARD / DIED SERVING HIS KING AND COUNTRY / AUG 9TH 1919 AGED 17 YEARS. / PTE PERCY EDWIN / DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE / NOV 18TH 1916 AGED 17 YEARS. / PTE FRANCIS EDWARD / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE / MAY 9TH 1915 AGED 20 YEARS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: rank,year died,forename,manner of death,age of death,decorations
Order of names: rank, forename, decorations, manner of death, year died, age at death

Stone of remembrance

Height: 750 mm

Width: 500 mm

Depth: 200 mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Poor