BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE CAPES (1855-1927) & AUGUSTA SPRING (1855-1930), OF 142, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. A FISH LABOURER, LIKE HIS FATHER.
HIS WIFE, JESSIE & DAUGHTER, ANNIE MAIN, BORN 08/03/1912, LIVED AT 136, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22836, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 38555, TO THE 20TH TYNESIDE SCOTTISH REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 27.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S, WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER HIM”
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
38555
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/04/1917
Place died:
Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, France
Age:
27
136, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
