Photo: Imperial War Museum
She was born in South Shields on the 10th September 1890.Daughter of Henry (a Chartered Accountant) and Dora Chapman (née Gibson) of Westoe Village, South Shields. She had seven brothers:
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Chapman D.S.O., 4th (Northumbrian) Howitzer Brigade RFA, died 31st July 1963, aged 83;
Major Charles Lancelot Chapman M.C. + M. in D., ‘D’ Battery 173 Brigade RFA, died of Wounds 22nd August 1917, aged 25;
Laurence Alfred Chapman (18th March 1886 – 3rd February 1943) and
Dr. Frederick Ernest Chapman.
Research: James Hoy Archive
Additional information: James Pasby
Source: Imperial War Museum
Marion Dorothy Chapman is remembered in South Shields on S86.027 in S86.086 page 3 and S86.137 and aT Gateshead on G39.030
She is also remembered on the V.A.D. Roll of Honour.
