English brigade entering village of Neuve Chapelle, near Calais, after clashes of March 1915 - courtesy of Bridgeman Images DGA624237 G. Dagli Orti
Arthur George Coningsby Capell
| BORN | 1879 in Passenham |
| LIVED | Living in Passenham Rectory in 1891 with parents and sisters. In 1911 census he was in Malta with 2nd Northampton Regiment |
| Enlisted | See below notes |
| Death | 12/03/1915, Killed in Action at Neuve Chapelle |
| Buried | Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30 |
| Rank & Regiment | Captain, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment |
| Father | Rev. George Marie Capell, b. 1845, Hanover Square, London [note. Domestic Chaplin to the Earl of Essex] |
| Mother | Annie Lowe b. 1832 Churchstow, Devon |
| Notes | Lt A G C Capell 2nd Battalion South Africa 1902, Served as Pte;13322 with 68 Company Imperial Yeomanry & Paget’s Horse in South Africa before being appointed 2Lt with the 3rd Btn Northamptonshire Regiment in March 1902 serving in Boer War. In May he was promoted to 2Lt with 2nd Btn and gained the Queen’s South Africa medal with Orange Free State clasp. Promoted to a Lt in Feb 1904 and to Captain in Nov 1910. Went to France with the 2nd Btn arriving at Havre on 5th November 1914 being in command of C Company. He had married Phyllis Deacon at Whatstandwell in Derbyshire on 20 October 1914 |