Frederick James Chapple

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

452398

Unit at enlistment:

58th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 16th, 1916

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London, Richmond Upon Thames, Twickenham

Address at enlistment:

Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

12 Warwick Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, England

Trade or calling:

Gardener

Employer:

Sidmore's Market Garden, Otterville

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. Was one of a Lewis Gun crew who were “digging in” near Sugar Trench on the night of September 16th 1916, when he was instantly killed by an enemy high explosive shell.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Courcelette.

BX October 30, 1916

Private Frederick James Chapple, for many years employed on Mrs. Sidmore’s market garden at Otterville, has been killed in action according to word received in Otterville on Saturday. Yesterday in the Baptist Church there a memorial service was held. He had been a member of the Baptist Church and a good worker in its interests. Nine years ago he came over from England and has since been in Otterville. He enlisted in Brantford and went overseas with the 2nd contingent. Private Chapple was 25 years of age and a fine young man. He had no relatives in Canada.