James Chaplain
Rank: Sapper
Service No: 3282
Date of Death: 12/07/1915
Theatre of Death: Gallipoli
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers (2nd Field Coy.)
Memorial: Helles Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: 2 Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Brother Walter Chaplain.
1901 census information:
Address: Bridgeton.
Father: John (53) stonemason, born about 1848 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Euphemia (50) born about 1851 in Inverkeithing.
Brother: John (25) mason, born about 1876 in Rutherglen.
Self: James (21) mason, born about 1880 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Alexander (19) apprentice mason, born about 1882 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (17) apprentice mason, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Walter (15) office boy, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Euphemia (12) born about 1889 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Stanley (9) born about 1892 in Rutherglen.
Niece: Euphemia (2) born about 1898 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Sapper James Chaplain, 2-2nd L.D.R.E. (T) is reported missing on July 12 at Dardanelles. Any information regarding hime will be gratefully received by his mother, Mrs Chaplain, 2 Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen.