Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Able Seaman C. Chapman, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of H.M.S. Sybille during the Boer War, but was later killed in action during the Great War when H.M.S. Aboukir was sunk by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (C. Chapman. A.B. H.M.S. Sybille) contact marks, some polishing, good fine £160-£200

Clement Chapman, an Errand Boy from St. Pancras, London, was born on 22 July 1877. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 30 September 1892. Advanced Able Seaman on 25 April 1899, he served in South African waters during the Boer War, first in H.M.S. Sybille, and survived her sinking in Lamberts Bay on 15 January 1901, before further service in H.M.S. Monarch and H.M.S. Forte. Discharged to shore on 1 September 1905, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day and later served during the Great War in H.M.S. Aboukir. He was killed in action on 22 September 1914 when she was sunk in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9 and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

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