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Major General Sir THOMPSON CAPPER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

General Staff

Commanding 7th Division

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1915

Age 51 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

In front of II. A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment late East Lancashire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, Companion of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, 5 times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Capper, of 67, Portland Court, Marylebone, London.
  • Personal Inscription TOMMY
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 909
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