The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private T E Capel
Photographs by Judy Barradell-Smith
Private Thomas Edward CAPEL, G/17790, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound right leg, blood poisoning), in the Hospital of Prisoner of War Camp Cassel, Niederzwehren, *20th July 1917.
3rd November 1882, born Thornborough, Buckinghamshire.
16th October 1901, Parish Church, Thornborough, Buckinghamshire, married Elizabeth Varney, 1a Headstone Drive, Wealdstone, Middlesex / 1a Exeter Terrace, Headstone Drive, Wealdstone, Middlesex.
Children - William Thomas, born 27th January 1902, Thornborough; Samuel, born 10th July 1903, Thornborough; Annie Lois?, born 4th January? 1905, Wealdstone; Florence, born 27th May 1906, Wealdstone; Elizabeth, born 21st May 1908, Wealdstone; Arthur Edwin, born 23rd January 1910, Wealdstone; Violet, born 1st July 1916, Wealdstone.
1911 Census - 34 Graham Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex - Thomas Capel, head, age 29, married, carman, garage contractor, born Thornborough; Elizabeth Capel, wife, age 26, married 9 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Waddesdon; Thomas Capel, son, age 9, born Thornborough; Samuel Capel, son, age 7, born Thornborough; Annie Capel, daughter, age 5, born Wealdstone, Middlesex; Florence Capel, daughter, age 4, born Wealdstone, Middlesex; Elizabeth Capel, daughter, age 2, Arthur Capel, son, age 1 month, born Wealdstone, Middlesex.
Enlisted Harrow, Wealdstone, Middlesex, age 33 years & 1 month, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 126lbs. Resided 19? Headstone? Drive, Wealdstone, Middlesex. Formerly coal man, coal carrier.
Home 9th December 1915 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to *20th July 1916.
9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 31st May 1916, mobilized; 1st June 1916, posted 27th Royal Fusiliers, Service No.2996; 1st September 1916, transferred to 103rd Training Reserve; 3rd October 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th October 1916, embarked; 18th October 1916, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1915, posted missing; Official List from Geneva, Prisoner of War.
24th February 1918, date to which Separation Allowance of 30/6 a week and Allotment of pay of 3/6 a week will cease.
25th February 1918, pension of 31/3 a week awarded to widow & five children.
*24th June 1920, War Office Memo - ..... "It will be observed that Capel is stated to have died early in the morning (1.00am) of 21st July 1917, this no doubt accounts for Company Sergeant Major Allen's erroneous report that the death occurred on 20th July 1917."
*19th July 1920, War Office Letter to Mrs E Capel, 1a Exeter Terrace, Headstone Drive, Wealdstone, Middlesex - "I am directed by The Secretary of the War Office, to forward the enclosed certificate of your husband death. On the official notification previously forwarded, his death was erroneously stated to have occurred on the 20th of July 1917. It has now been ascertained that he died on the 21st of July 1917. I enclose herewith an amended notification."
Buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery, IX. D. 16., Kassel, Hessen, Germany.
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