Capes, Albert

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ELIAS AND MARIA CAPES, OF 116, BANKERS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A KEELMAN.

HUSBAND OF FLORENCE BLACK (BORN 6/6/1892), WHO HE HAD MARRIED IN 1916. SHE LIVED AT 5, ISABELLA TERRACE, CONSTABLE STREET, HULL & 28, WALCOTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).

HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT ARRAS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/07/1917, AGED 25. BURIED IN FRANCE.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS  WIDOW, FLORRIE. SHE RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 13 SHILLINGS AND NINE PENCE FROM 7/2/18.

IT TRANSPIRED ON 25/11/18, THAT HIS WIFE WAS ALSO MARRIED TO ANOTHER SOLDIER, PRIVATE, MEANWELL, LABOUR CORPS. SHE WAS CONVICTED OF BIGAMY, AT YORK AND SENTENCED TO 4 MONTHS IMPRIONMENT. HER WAR PENSION FROM ALBERT CAPES WAS REDUCED.


First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
9627
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/07/1917
Place died:
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
116, BANKERS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK