Thursday 22 May 2014

Carlton Cemetery George Chapman

George Chapman is remembered on his father's gravestone
(photo taken 21 April 2014)
Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph by Nigel Croft

Grave Location and Inscription:

In Loving Memory / of / George / The beloved husband of / Lydia Chapman / of Carlton / who died July 5th 1897 / aged 51 years / "Not gone from memory, Not gone from love / But gone to his Father's house above / Also Pte George Chapman, K.O.S.B. / Who fell in Action in France / May 16th 1917, aged 20 years / A loving memory left behind.

George is also remembered on the
Carlton War Memorial, St Johns Church, Church Street, Carlton and on the Arras Memorial in France.

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