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Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: |
| Action : Air Campaign |
Detail :
Killed 13/6/17 in noon Gotha bombing Raid on Liverpool St Station.
His funeral was recorded in the Surrey Advertiser 23rd June, 1917: "THE LATE MR. S.H. CHAPLIN. As announced last Saturday, Mr. Sydney Herbert Chaplin, of Leatherhead, was killed in the air raid on London on June 13th. The deceased was an old and popular member of the 10th Batt. Surrey Volunteer Regiment. He was a keen soldier, a good rifle shot, and had done much to promote the musketry training of the Leatherhead Platoon. On Sunday, June 17t, on the occasion of a march through the Bookhams, under the command of Capt. G. Rowland Blades, an impressive memorial servic was conducted in Little Bookham Church by the Rev. T. Vernon, himself a keen member of the battalion. Thy hymn, "On the resurrection morning," was sung during the service, and after an impressive address by the Rector, three verses of the National Anthem were sung and the Dead March in "Saul" was rendered by the band. On Monday, June 18th, a well attended memorial service was held at All Hallows Church, Lombard-street, London, E.C., when the battalion was represented by Lieut. and Quartermaster H. Hewgill Lansdowne, Sec-Lieut. H. Leslie Dixon , of the Royal Flying Corps, formerly musketry officer of the battalion, was also present."
Sydney is buried in South Hayling cemetery in Hampshire.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Stortford No. 409 E.C. | Hertfordshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
5th July 1914 | 4th November 1914 | 3rd February 1915 |
Listed as a 47 year old Insurance Broker resident at Leatherhead at the time of his initiation in July 1915, into Stortford Lodge No. 409.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley