William Capper
William Capper | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1856 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | 15 January 1934 (aged 77) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
Branch |  British Army |
Service years | 1876–1913 |
Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Conflicts | World War I |
| 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
[edit]Capper was born on 6 February 1856 at Newbridge Hill, Bath, Somerset,[1] his father William Copeland Capper having been in the Bengal Civil Service. Educated at Haileybury,[2] Capper was commissioned into the 85th Regiment of Foot in 1876[3] and subsequently played cricket for Shropshire[4] in 1882-83 and for Staffordshire.[1]
He became adjutant of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1886.[5] 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.[6]
He attended the Staff College, Camberley, from 1893 to 1894.[7]
He was promoted to colonel and appointed as an assistant adjutant general in India on 15 June 1901.[8] He was director of military education in India in December 1902.[9] He was commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from January 1907[10][11] until 15 January 1911 when he relinquished command and was placed on half-pay.[12]
He then served in World War I, following which he was made a CVO in 1919.[6]
Family
[edit]In 1888 he married Helen Margaret Parry; they had two daughters.[6] He died aged 77 in January 1934 at Newbridge Hill, Bath.[1]
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,[13] and another was Major-General Sir John Edward Capper.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 9, 42. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ↑ "Egypt". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ "No. 24292". The London Gazette. 11 February 1876. p. 589.
- ↑ Cricket Archive
- ↑ "No. 25615". The London Gazette. 10 August 1886. p. 3856.
- 1 2 3 Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page 82)
- ↑ Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List. J. Murray. 1899. p. 118.
- ↑ "No. 32776". The London Gazette. 12 December 1922. p. 8797.
- ↑ "No. 27553". The London Gazette. 19 May 1903. p. 3152.
- ↑ "No. 27991". The London Gazette. 1 February 1907. p. 743.
- ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ "No. 28457". The London Gazette. 17 January 1911. p. 415.
- ↑ Godden Green War Memorial
- ↑ Sir John Edward Capper, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved 11 August 2007 (subscription needed)
- 1856 births
- 1934 deaths
- British Army colonels
- Military personnel from Bath, Somerset
- 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 personnel of World War I
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley