CHAPPEL William Eldon

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Eldon 
  • Surname:
    CHAPPEL
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Regiment:
    2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  • Air Force:
    and Royal Flying Corps
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, Grave B. 63.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Herbert Eldon Chappel and Caroline Mary Chappel, 31 Pemberley Avenue Bedford

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CHAPPEL William Eldon Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Kings School
Worcester Kings School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About CHAPPEL William Eldon

Lieut, D.C.L.I., attached. R.F.C.
Born, April 23, 1897. Killed, April 25, 1917.
William Chappel was born at Umballa, India, the second son of H. E. Chappel, Esq., Director in the Indian Telegraph Service, of Bedford. He entered the School House in the First Form in January, 1906, and rose to the Third Form before he left in December, 1908, to go as a day boy at Bedford. When he left he was the most promising gymnast, shot and mathematician amongst the smaller boys. At Bedford he became Head of House and Captain of the Boat Club. At 17 he took a commission in the D.C.L.I. and went to India. He was promoted to Lieutenant in December last, and then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in Egypt. He was always high-spirited and daring and loved adventure. He was accidentally killed while flying while at Aboukir in April just after his 19th birthday.
W. H. C.

Source for additional information: The Vigornian, June 1917, No.89, Vol.VIII

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