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JAMES WILLIAM CHAPMAN

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Rank
2nd Engineer
Regiment
MM S T QUAIR HULL
Address
9 Boynton Street
Kingston upon Hull HU3 3BZ
England
Background

BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JAMES & JANE CHAPMAN AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS, HESSLE ROAD. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WORJKED AS BAKER'S ASSISTANT.

HE WAS A SECOND ENGINEER ON THE FISHING TRAWLER 'QUAIR' WHICH WENT MISSING IN NOVEMBER 1916. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND ONE CHILD AT 3 FANNY TERRACE, REDBOURNE STREET. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/12/16 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

QUAIR (H237), missing, presumed to be enemy action, 3rd November, 1916.

BOOTH, James (41), 14 Cedar-Gr, Eastbourne St, Hull. Bosun

CHAPMAN, James (29), 9 Boynton St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer

DELPH, Thomas (42), 10 Picturesque-Ter, Brighton St, Hull. Chief Engineer

ELLIS, Joseph (31), 160 De La Pole-Ave, Hull. Mate

HARRISON, W (36), Address not traced. Sparehand

LEAF, Samuel (48), Address not traced. Cook

MANDAM, Daniel (27), Wilfred-ter, Westbourne St, Hull. Sparehand

PAWLETT, George (39), 1 Dee St, Hull. Skipper

RICHARDSON, Joseph (23), Cedar-Grove, Eastbourne St, Hull. 2nd/Hand

STIPETIC, Edmund (17), 38 West Dock-Ave, Hull. Trimmer

WATERMAN, John (24), 6 Park-ave, Flinton St, Hull. 3rd/Hand

WILSON, Harold (20), 10 Goulton St, Hull. 4th/HandL

Date Died
03/11/1916
Died
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age
30
Memorial
1 Skaldenstraat
Gent 9042
Vlaanderen

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