William Capper
William Capper | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1856 |
| Died | 15 January 1934 (aged 77) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1876–1913 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | RMC Sandhurst |
| Awards | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Colonel William Baume Capper CVO (6 February 1856 – 15 January 1934) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Military career
Capper was born on 6 February 1856, his father William Copeland Capper having been in the Bengal Civil Service. Educated at Haileybury,[1] Capper was commissioned into the 85th Regiment of Foot in 1876[2] and subsequently played cricket for Shropshire.[3] He became adjutant of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1886.[4] He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and in the Mahdist War in Sudan from 1884 to 1885.[5] He was Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst from 1907 to 1911[6] and then served in World War I.[5]
Family
In 1888 he married Helen Margaret Parry; they had two daughters.[5] He had three brothers all who served in the Army, one was Major-General Sir Thompson Capper KCMG, CB, DSO who was killed in World War I,[7] and another was Major-General Sir John Edward Capper.
References
- ^ Egypt
- ^ "No. 24292". The London Gazette. 11 February 1876.
- ^ Cricket Archive
- ^ "No. 25615". The London Gazette. 10 August 1886.
- ^ a b c Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page 82)
- ^ Army Commands
- ^ Godden Green War Memorial
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1856 births
- 1934 deaths
- British Army generals
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
- 58th Regiment of Foot officers
- Commandants of Sandhurst
- King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers
- British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War
- British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
- British Army personnel of the Second Anglo-Burmese War
- British Army generals of World War I