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Sydney Chappell

Birthdate:
Birthplace: St. Matthews, Brighton, Sussex, England UK
Death: September 14, 1914 (21-30)
Vendresse, France (Killed in Action WW1)
Place of Burial: Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension
Immediate Family:

Son of Harry Chappell and Lucy Chappell
Brother of Edith Eunice Chappell; Lucy Annie Chappell; Harry Charles Chappell; Florence Louise Chappell; Dorothy M Chappell and 1 other
Half brother of Charles Frederick Chappell

Occupation: Private 8314 Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn
Managed by: Private User
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About Sydney Chappell

1891 Census

Class: RG12; Piece: 804; Folio: 39; Page: 2; GSU roll: 6095914 Brighton

  • Harry Chappell Head M 36 Foreman Pedigree seed company born Horton Heath, Dorset
  • Lucy Chappell Wife 30 born Dorset Sherbourne
  • Edith Chappell Daur 10 Scholar Born Sussex Brighton
  • Sydney Chappell son 3 Born Sussex Brighton


1901 Census

37 Gardener Street, Portslade by the Sea, Sussex - Class: RG13; Piece: 943; Folio: 21; Page: 33

  • Charles (sic) Chappell head M 58 Bricklayer's labourer, born Three Cross, Dorset
  • Lucy Chappell Wife M 52 born Somerset Wincanton
  • Sydney Chappell Son 13 Grocer's assistance born Sussex Brighton
  • Florence L Chappell Daur 9 born Sussex Brighton
  • Dorothy M Chappell Daur 6 born Sussex Brighton
  • Charles F Chappell son 1 born Sussex Portslade


1911 Census

1st Royal Sussex Regiment - Military India -Class: RG14; Piece: 34987

  • Sydney Chappell, Drummer, 23 Single born St. Matthews, Brighton, Sussex

Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn - Medal Awards

  • S Chappell 8314 Private Dis-embarkation 27-8-1914 - Killed in Action 14-9-1914.


CHAPPELL, SYDNEY

  • Rank: Private
  • Service No: L/8314
  • Date of Death: 14/09/1914
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn.
  • Grave Reference: 5. I. 2.
  • Cemetery: CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
  • CWGC


UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

  • Name Sydney Chappell
  • Birth Place St. Matthew's, Sussex
  • Death Date 14 Sep 1914
  • Death Place British Expeditionary Force
  • Enlistment Place Brighton
  • Rank Private
  • Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment
  • Battalion 2nd Battalion
  • Regimental Number L/8314
  • Type of Casualty Killed in action
  • Theatre of War Western European Theatre


De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1924

  • Name Sydney Chappell
  • Volume Volume 2
  • Page 66

Private No. *314, 2nd Battn. Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Forse; Killed in Action at Vendresse 14 Sept. 1914


Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for Sydney Chappell

Died 14-9-14 at Vendresse Sisters Lucy Annie, Edith Eunice, Florence Louise, Dorothy May and Lucy Annes Ford.


British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 for Sydney Chappell

Medals Victory, British, 14 Star, Clasp 2/2611

Lucy Ford applies for 1914 Star in respect of her late brother - address 9 Victoria Road, Portslade, Sussex.



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Sydney Chappell's Timeline

1888
1888
St. Matthews, Brighton, Sussex, England UK
1914
September 14, 1914
Age 26
Vendresse, France
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Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension