CHAPMAN, Alfred James

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'British Military Mission 204'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
875020
1937 attested into the Royal Artillery [1].
27 March 1938 transferred to Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1].
29 May 1941 wounded during operations in Crete whilst attached to Layforce [2].
50 Middle East Commando [3].
204 Military Mission to China [3].
Post war member of the Burma Star Association , Swindon Branch.
 
Sources
[1] RA Attestations Register 1937.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
[3] Burma Star Association Membership List.
 
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