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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Chapman
Initials:D
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/7481
Notes:MMP. Served Home. Formerly served in the 1 VB Bedfordshire Regiment, No. 1635. Enlisted 5/8/14 in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry No. 1657, transferred to MMP 8/2/17, discharged 18/3/18 no longer fit for war service, age 45 years, occupation Stoker, home address: 3 Black Swan Yard, Priory Street, Ware, Hertfordshire. Shown as died after discharge 24/11/18, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Discharged suffering from Varicose Veins in legs. 25/12/89 married Charlotte Pateman at Stanstead Abbott.
Info from Pension Index Cards:- 76. Chapman, Charoltte, 3 Black Swan Yard, Ware, P/7401, L/Cpl, Daniel Chapman, MMP. Also:- W.1. Chapman, Daniel, P/7481, MMP, L/Cpl, discharged, widow, Charlotte, 3 black Swan Yard, Ware, Refusal, appeal disallowed, neither attributable to nor aggravated by active service.
Daniel Chapman.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/53 March 11, 1918)
Citation: Badge No. 351929. Enlisted 5/8/1914, discharged 18/3/1918. Army Order 265 of 1917. Sec D. Age 56 years 2 months. Served home.