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Thomas Capling

In memory of:

Sapper Thomas Capling

November 22, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

721270

Age:

47

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Railway Troops

Division:

12th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

September 3, 1870

Commemorated on Page 213 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. E. 6.

Location:

Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas de Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume. From Bapaume take the RD929 direction Amiens, turn immediately right onto the RD7, signpost indicates the GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY at this junction. After 500 metres turn left at junction onto RD29, signpost indicates cemetery which is on the right after a further 500 metres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 111 of 1004.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 111 of 1004.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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