File CHP/4 - Widows' Pensions Appeal papers

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CHP/4

Title

Widows' Pensions Appeal papers

Date(s)

  • 1925-1926 (Creation)

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1 bundle

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(1882-1925)

Biographical history

Harry Chapman was a resident of York, and a Serjeant in the West Yorkshire Regiment in the years before the First World War. He married Hester Chapman (although known as Esther) in 1909 at St Denys' Church, York and had at least two children. He died in 1925 at Fairfield Sanatorium in York.

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The papers were compiled after the death of Harry Chapman of tuberculosis at Fairfield Sanatorium. The pension was disallowed on the basis that the disease was not caused by active service. Also includes papers relating to his burial.

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Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.

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  • English

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    legacy

    594.3.2

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