Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Gordon Clair Henson Chambers -

Name :

Gordon Clair Henson Chambers.

Son of John Henry Chambers and Eliza Mary Chambers (nee Callaway).
Born 1894, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
 
Commemorated on these Memorials :

Shanklin
Shanklin St Blasius' Church
Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial

Service details :

Private 330344 Gordon Chambers, 1st Bn Cambridgeshire Regiment, formerly Private 1828 Hampshire Regiment

CWGC Record ...

Service records : not found

Medal Index Card : 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. MIC gives Suffolk Regiment.

Date of Death :	14 August 1917 aged 23
Where buried or commemorated :	Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery

Further Information

Census 1901 : Henry and Eliza Chambers, and their family including Gordon, are shown at High Street, Shanklin.

Census 1911 : The family are at the same address as 1901. Gordon Chambers is shown as a schoolboy.

Isle of Wight County Press 18th August 1917 :

CHAMBERS - Aug 14, at the 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, Pte Gordon Chambers, Cambridgeshire Regiment, only son of Mr and Mrs Chambers of Shanklin, aged 23.