Cyril L – Chaplin – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 02/12/1917
Title
Cyril L – Chaplin – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 02/12/1917
Initials / forenames
Cyril L
Surname
Chaplin
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Royal Engineers, 142nd Army Troops Company
Military rank
Sapper
Military number
520166319
Railway department
Swindon, Locomotive and Carriage Department
Railway job
Apprentice
Date died
02/12/1917
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine, March 1918, p42. Photo, July 1918, p111
Memorial
Hermies Hill British Cemetery
Notes
Age 20, the son of Mr & Mrs R Chaplin of 25 Belgrave Street, Swindon
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)
Date entered
22/02/2017
Last updated
22/02/2017
Citation
“Cyril L – Chaplin – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 02/12/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/59345.