BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF CAPT. FRANCIS BENJAMIN (LOST AT SEA 1918) & ALICE ANNIE BOYLE, 116 PARK GROVE & ABOVE PROBATE ADDRESS. EDUCATED AT HYMERS AND SERVED IN THE OTC. ENLISTED HULL AND SERVED IN FRANCE AS A BOMBING OFFICER. HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL BURST AT ARRAS AGED 21. BURIED AT WANCOURT CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HE WAS HIGHLY REGARDED BY OFFICERS, NCO’S AND MEN ALIKE FOR HIS GALLANTRY, ENERGY AND PERSONAL CHARM. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT SISTER ALICE & £295 TO HIS MOTHER IN HIS WILL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF D M STEVENSON, COAL EXPORTERS & IS RECORDED ON THE COMPANY ROLL OF HONOUR. HE IS ALSO LISTED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
CHARLES CAPES
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
23/04/1917
Place died:
WANCOURT CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
21
29 GLEN LYN HOUSE, HYMERS AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
