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Private EDGAR CAPEL

Service Number: 25715
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

"D" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY

III. B. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Minnie Capel, of Coombe Cottage, Compton Bishop, Axbridge; husband of Ethel Maria Capel, of Chard's Farm, Blackford, Cheddar, Somerset. Born at Compton Bishop.
  • Personal Inscription GRANT HIM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 740
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