Tom enlisted into the 12^th Battalion, (Prince of Wales Own) West Yorkshire Regt. in early 1915 and was sent to France in early 1916.  He was at the front line during much of the build up to the 1916 Somme Offensive, and fell at the Battle of Delville Wood, having seen some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting to happen during WWI.  He was laid to rest in La Neuville Cemetery after succumbing to his wounds at a nearby casualty clearing station.  Tom was the son of John William and Eliza Chapman, of 5, Spring Road, Filey.