A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major C. L. Chapman, Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds in August 1917

Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. L. Chapman. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major C. L. Chapman) small test mark to edge of B.W.M., together with pressed card identity disc (Capt. R.F.A.), extremely fine(6) £800-£1,000

M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916: ‘Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Charles Lancelot Chapman, Royal Artillery (Territorial Force).’

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916: ‘Temp. Captain, Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force).’

Charles Lancelot Chapman served in France with the Northumbrian Brigade R.F.A. (T.F.) from 21 April 1915. He died of wounds on 22 August 1917, aged 25. He was the son of Henry and Dora Chapman, of Westoe Village, South Shields, and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Sold together with the following related family medals:

Pair: Miss M. D. Chapman, Durham V.A.D.
British War and Victory Medals (M. D. Chapman); together with a ‘County of Durham V.A.D. Worker’ tribute medal, gilt and enamels, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Miss M. D. Chapman for services rendered during the European War 1914-1919’, extremely fine