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638. Dvr. Chapple, Herbert Henry

Driver

Date of Birth: 29/4/1892, Swansea (Cens)
Occupation: Labourer (SR)
Employer: Swansea Corporation
Enlisted - Date: 7/6/1912
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 638
Other service: Z/349, Act. Petty Officer, Royal Naval Division
Demobilised: 6/8/1914

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 29/4/1892, Swansea. Parents - William Robert & Sarah. Known as Bert

1901 - 97 Rodney St, 9yo. W parents & 7 sibs

1911 - 46 Rodney Street, Swansea. 19yo. Occ-Labourer, Boro Council. W widower father& 6 sibs

1914 - Married Margaret Jane Jones, 27 Dec 1914, Swansea St Mary. 22yo. Occ-Naval Reservist. Add-35 Clarence St. Dad-William Chapple, Sanitary Inspector

1921 - 6 Trafalgar Place, Brynmill, Swansea. 29y2m. Occ-General Labourer. W Margaret, Doreen (1917) & in-laws

1939 - 30 Waterloo Place, Swansea. DOB 29/4/1892. Occ-Shops Act Inspector, Coal officer. Weights & Measures ?. W Margaret, Doreen (1917), Herbert (1921) & Margaret (1937)

1943 - Died aged 51, April, Swansea

South Wales Evening Post, 1/5/1943 (Newspapers.com)

Personal Info: Father - William Robert Chapple
Address:
46 Rodney Street
Swansea (SR-F)

Military Service

In the last war the late Mr Bert Chapple, the entertainer, sang in all the concerts of the Welsh Sailors Choir, organised at the Crystal Palace - then a Navy-men's camp - organised by Mr Lewis Clee, of Port Talbot.

South Wales Evening Post, 12/5/1943 (Newspapers.com)

1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade

SR

Enl 7 June 1912, Dvr. No 638. 1st Glamorgan Bty

Summer Camps 191, 1913, 1914

Disch 6/8/1914 - Med unfit on Mobilsation

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Enl 13 Nov 1914, Z/349, Royal Naval Div, RNVR

NO overseas service

Disch 16 Jan 1919. Final rank Acting Petty Officer

CDL 14/4/1919: Naval Reunion, Enthusiastic Gathering at Wesley Hall. ... Mr H.H. Chappell delivered some humerous recitations...

Discharged - Reason: Med unfit on Mob.
Sources: (SR-F)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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