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L/Cpl. Albert Douglas Melvin Chapman
British Army 2nd/18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Bedford
(d.23rd December 1917)
Albert Chapman was the son of Mrs. W. Chapman of Bedford, and the late Mr. Chapman. Initially he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, then with the 2nd/18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment. He was killed in action on 23rd of December 1917 during the occupation of Jerusalem and defeat of the Turkish forces, he is buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery. He was a member of the Methodist church and was remembered on the War Memorial inside St. Pauls Methodist church, Bedford (the church has now been demolished). A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1909-12, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com