CAPENER William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    CAPENER
  • Service Number:
    8261
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    26th September 1914
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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CAPENER William Is Named On These Memorials

Cropthorne St Michael’s Church
Cropthorne St Michael’s Church Roll of Honour

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Cropthorne St Michael’s Church with the information: Signlr 1st Glos Regt. 1914.
Cropthorne St Michael’s Church Roll of Honour with the information: Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment.

Further Information About CAPENER William

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

William Capener enlisted as Private 8413 in the 3rd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on 28th June 1906 at Bristol. On his attestation form he gave his place of birth as St Lukes, Gloucester, his age as 17 years 11 months, his current address as 30 Alma Terrace, Bristol Road, Gloucester, his next of kin as his father William Capener of the same address and his occupation as a general Labourer. William was 5 feet 5 inches tall with hazel eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion.

De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour:
Capener, W., Private, No 8261, 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 26 September 1914.

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