Memorial

Maj H R Chapman

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Current Location

Christ Church (now Society of Saint Pius X), Bewick Road, Gateshead, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 4HB, England

NZ 25446 62343

Roman Catholic

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 56729
Description: Rectangular metal plaque mounted on wooden backboard. Incised decorative border.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ MAJOR H.R. CHAPMAN J.P.,/ 10TH BATTALION DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY,/ DIRECTOR OF CLARK, CHAPMAN & CO LTD,/ WHO FOR THREE YEARS (...) VICAR'S WARDEN OF THIS CHURCH/ KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES/ IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, 27TH JUNE 1915./ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW, DAUGHTERS AND COLLEAGUES./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,manner of death,occupation

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good