Basic Details
Surname
Chapman
Forenames
Higham Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Henry Higham
Served or died
Died
Service number
16645
Notes
The Roll lists him as 'Higham Henry Chapman' of 104 Dogsthorpe Road, and comments that he had also served in the South African War.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal H H Chapman died on 17/2/1917 serving in 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave VIII.B.13 in Regina Trench Cemetery at Grandcourt in France, having been reinterred after the Armistice. The Army service file of Henry Higham Chapman of 104 Dogsthorpe Road records that, before enlisting at the age of 37 on 7/12/1914, he had served as a Private in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 4588, and had received the Queen's South Africa medal with two clasps during the 2nd Boer War. He embarked for France on 2/1/1917. Having initially been reported as missing in action on 17/2/1917, he was later found to have died on that date. His widow, Florence Fanny Chapman, claimed his effects and was awarded a pension for herself and their children).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Boom Ravine
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
February
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Boom Ravine
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
104, DOGSTHORPE ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial