| William Capper | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1856 |
| Died | 15 January 1934 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1876-1913 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands held | RMC Sandhurst |
| Awards | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Colonel William Baume Capper CVO (6 February 1856 – 15 January 1934) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Military career[]
Capper was born on 6 February 1856, his father William Copeland Capper having been in the Bengal Civil Service. Educated at Haileybury,[1] Capper was commissioned into the 85th Regiment of Foot in 1876[2] and subsequently played cricket for Shropshire.[3] He became adjutant of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1886.[4] He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and in the Mahdist War in Sudan from 1884 to 1885.[5] He was Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst from 1907 to 1911[6] and then served in World War I.[5]
Family[]
In 1888 he married Helen Margaret Parry; they had two daughters.[5] He had three brothers all who served in the Army, one was Major-General Sir Thompson Capper KCMG, CB, DSO who was killed in World War I,[7] and another was Major-General Sir John Edward Capper.
References[]
- ↑ Egypt
- ↑ "No. 24292". 11 February 1876. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24292/page/
- ↑ Cricket Archive
- ↑ "No. 25615". 10 August 1886. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25615/page/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page 82)
- ↑ Army Commands
- ↑ Godden Green War Memorial
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