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Lance Corporal
Rowland John Thomas Chapman
Known as Tottie
Tottie with Gillian at her wedding (youngest daughter)
1908 Born Frimley, Norfolk
Son of Elijah & Blanche Chapman
22nd Dragoons
C Squadron
D-Day Landings
The 22nd Dragoon Regiment went ashore in the first wave of the Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy) landings on the morning of 6th June 1944, with A Squadron, reinforced by two troops of C Squadron and supported by two troops of the Westminster Dragoons, landing on Sword Beach and B Squadron landing on Juno Beach. Later in the day, the final two troops of C Squadron landed on Juno, where they remained for several days on beach clearance duties. Once the beaches were cleared, the regiment saw sporadic action in the fighting through Belgium and the Netherlands into Germany, where they were at the end of the war; the regiment was disbanded in Germany on 30th November 1945.
Died
21st June 1989
At his home in Private Road, Ormesby
Peacefully fell asleep in his favourite chair
Loved Ones
Husband of Lavinia (Ena nee Wanless)
Son:- John Chapman
Daughters:- Hazel List and Gillian Taylor
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