Family headstone, Bulwell (St Mary) churchyard, ‘In affectionate remembrance of Frederick James eldest son of George and Hannah and beloved husband of Annie Chamberlain who died April 29th 1897 aged 28 years. Also Beatrice Sarah, the beloved wife of Willam Lord and sister of the above, died Jan 15th 1899 in the 21st year of her age. Also Pte Fredk. Chamberlain [remainder below ground]'. A new tablet has been placed in front of the family grave with the inscription, '26692 Private FC Chamberlain, Notts & Derbys Regiment, 10th January 1919'.
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 14 January 1919: ‘Chamberlain. Died suddenly, January 10th, at Military Hospital, Fred, the dearly loved son of Annie Chamberlain, aged 24. We cannot Lord Thy purpose see. From his sorrowing mother, sister, brother, brother-in-law and fiancée Hilda.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, 16 January 1919: ‘Basford Soldier’s Fatal Fall. Death in the well of a lift. At Clerkenwell, yesterday, Mr Walter Schroder opened an inquiry into the death of Frederick Charles Chamberlain, 24, a private in the Notts. and Derbyshire Regiment, whose family reside at 135, Vernon-road, Old Basford, Nottingham, and who died in the Military Hospital, Charterhouse-square, EC. Deceased, who was formerly a hosiery trimmer, joined the army in February, 1916. He served in Ireland and France, and had lost his left arm in action. He was home on Christmas leave, and left on the 1st inst. for London to have an artificial limb fitted on. Deceased with four others entered the lift, Chamberlain starting it. Staff-Sergeant Davy, RAMC, subsequently found the deceased lying in the well of the lift, in an unconscious state. He never recovered sensibility, and expired in about ten minutes. The engineer to the hospital stated that he examined the lift after the occurrence, and found no defects in it. Probably the deceased overbalanced and fell when he was sending the left away from him. The height from the third floor was 40 feet. The inquiry was adjourned to enable the authorities to trace two men who were in the lift which deceased, and who so far had not been found.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 10 January 1920: ‘Chamberlain. In loving memory of our dear brother, Pte Fred Chamberlain, Robin Hoods, who died January 10th, 1919. Gone from our home, but not our hearts. Not forgotten. Meg and Dick.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)