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Lieutenant THOMAS HARVEY OVERBURY CAPRON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

Adjt. 1st Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XVIII. C. 9.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Alfred Capron and Caroline Helen Capron, of Grays Hale, Grays, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription THE PEOPLE THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG AND DO EXPLOITS DANIEL 11.32
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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