Private Arthur Chapman, Service Number 3493

Private Arthur Chapman, Service Number 3493

Died 14 October 1916

1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment

Husband of Mrs A Chapman, father of six children

Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 16 Face B (MR21)

Sympathy was felt by Sawston people for Mrs Chapman who was left with six children, the eldest being fourteen.

From the local newspaper dated 2nd April 1915:

Mr A Chapman has joined the army. This makes the tenth married man to go in a row, not one single man.