We remember Benjamin Chaplin

We remember Benjamin Chaplin

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Timeline

Timeline

1871
birth Brightlingsea Essex United Kingdom Source:8994827 Source:8994830 1871
1914
service Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve Source:9347731 November 1914
1917
awards Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) British Award/Decoration Source:9347732 27th June 1917
1917
awards Croix de Guerre Other War Service Award Source:8994830 20th November 1917
marriage Rosabelle Caroline Chaplin Source:8994830
service Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve Source:9347723
service Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Seadawn" Source:8994823
location 2 Bell Street, Bell Rd, Itchen United Kingdom their own address Source:8994830
1918
death Died of wounds Died at the Naval Hospital at Chatham from wounds received owing to the explosion of a floating mine. Chatham United Kingdom Source:8994819 Source:8994830 6th July 1918
burial St. Mary Extra Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Woolston, Hampshire United Kingdom C. C. 47. Source:8994830

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Benjamin
Initials B
Last Name Chaplin,
Source 9347732
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
2 Bell Street, Bell Rd, Itchen United Kingdom their own address
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Royal Navy Royal Naval Reserve Lieutenant
Royal Navy Royal Naval Reserve Sub Lieutenant (Temporary)
Royal Navy Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Seadawn" Acting Lieutenant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Croix de Guerre Other War Service Award
DSC British Award/Decoration
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) British Award/Decoration
Family
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Rosabelle Caroline Chaplin wife

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Communities

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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British Royal Navy, Foreign Awards to officers index 1914-1922 Transcription Jean36823
Deaths at sea, 1781-1968 Transcription Jean36823
Deaths at sea, 1781-1968 Transcription Jean36823
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Jean36823
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Fife3190

External Evidence

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South East Kent History Boards Website Jean36823
Royal Naval Reserve Officers Records of Service Fife3190
Commisioned in RNR - London Gazette Fife3190
DSC - London Gazette Fife3190
Croix De Guerre - Edinburgh Gazette Fife3190

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Grave in Hampshire DR117137

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