William Capper
British Army officer (1856–1934)
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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.
United Kingdom
British ArmyWilliam Capper | |
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| 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 |
Military career
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
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]