In 1911 he founded and became principal of the Bible Training College in Clapham in London. In 1915,
feeling called to the war effort (World War I), Chambers applied and was accepted as a YMCA chaplain. He
announced that the Bible Training College would be suspending operations for the duration of the war.
Chambers was assigned to Zeitoun in Egypt, where he ministered to Australian and New Zealand troops
who were later part of the disastrous Battle of Gallipoli.
Chambers died 15 November 1917 in Egypt as the result of a ruptured appendix. He suffered the extreme
pain of appendicitis for three days before seeking medical attention, refusing to take a hospital bed needed
by wounded soldiers.
While there are more than 30 books that bear his name, he only penned one book, Baffled to Fight Better. His
wife, Biddy, was a stenographer and could take dictation at a rate of 150 words per minute. During his time
teaching at the Bible College and at various sites in Egypt, Biddy kept verbatim records of his lessons. She
spent the remaining 30 years of her life compiling her records into the bulk of his published works.
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