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Private HERBERT CHAPLIN

Service Number: 22014
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row B. Grave 57.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Mary Ann Chaplin, of 131, Woodhead Road, Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR SON THY TRIALS ARE O'ER SOON WE SHALL MEET ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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