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Gunner JOSEPH WILLIAM CAPLESS

Service Number: 964
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

2nd/1st North Midland (Staffs.) Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. C. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Alice Capless, of 76, Wilson St., Castleford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 404
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