Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 049 Volume 4: September 1915 (Kent) - January 1916 (Westminster Hospital)
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1915 October 22 - same letter
Saw Chappelowe - in wheelchair. Right leg amputated, left leg will never be
any good. Talks so cheerfully about upcoming prosthesis.
They were holding a farmhouse for two days, retreated when overwhelming German
force attacked. Chapplowe hit with 3 bullets that "pulped" his right leg, and one that hit his left. Corporale got his jaw shot off, most of men mown down.
(The diary uses "Chappelowe" with and without a final "e". No "E.P. Chappelow", with any variation of p, pp, l, ll, trailing-e/not could be found in the Canadian archives for WW1. He remains a mystery.)
Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 049 Volume 4: September 1915 (Kent) - January 1916 (Westminster Hospital)