CAPENER Joseph Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Joseph 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    CAPENER
  • Service Number:
    R6254
  • Rank:

    Rifleman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    8th August 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave II. F. 9.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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CAPENER Joseph Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Barnt Green St Andrew’s Church
Blackwell Holy Trinity Methodist Church now in Blackwell St Catherine’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Blackwell Holy Trinity Methodist Church now in Blackwell St Catherine’s Church

Further Information About CAPENER Joseph Henry

The following information has been researched and transcribed by Jeff Taylor:
Barnt Green Rifleman Dies of Wounds
Mrs Capener, of “Midland Cottages”, Hewell Road, Barnt Green, received official news from the War Office on Tuesday last (14 August 1917) that her only son, Rifleman J.H. Capener, 6254, of the King’s Royal Rifles, died on the 8 August, from wounds received in action.  Deceased was 24 years of age and prior to the war he was engaged, as a gardener, by Mr Woods, of Sutton Coldfield. Rifleman Capener joined the forces in October 1914, going out on active service in April 1915.  He had spent two years in France and seen a lot of heavy fighting at Ypres, the Somme and at Arras.

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