Victor John – Chambers – Great Eastern Railway – Rifleman – 30/11/1917
Title
Victor John – Chambers – Great Eastern Railway – Rifleman – 30/11/1917
Initials / forenames
Victor John
Surname
Chambers
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
King's Royal Rifle Corps, 10th Battalion
Military rank
Rifleman
Military number
R/33865
Railway department
Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department, Stratford
Railway job
Labourer
Date died
30/11/1917
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine July 1919, pg 141; (Great Eastern Railway Magazine February 1917 Supplement, pg 1.)
Memorial
Cambrai Memorial, Liouverval
Notes
Aged 20, son of Henry Gifford Chambers and Rosa Chambers of 24 Elm Road, Leytonstone, London. He joined the Great Eastern Railway in August 1915, working there until he enlisted in June 1916. Chambers was killed in action.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
22/08/2016
Last updated
22/08/2016
Citation
“Victor John – Chambers – Great Eastern Railway – Rifleman – 30/11/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/59389.