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Lieut Harry Kent Capper

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Lieut Harry Kent Capper

Birth
Death
4 Jun 1918
Burial
Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England Add to Map
Plot
H. P. 20.
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CAPPER Harry Kent. Lieutenant. Royal Air Force, No. 5 Training Depot Station. formerly London Regiment (Artists' Rifles). Son of Caroline A. Capper, of R, Emperor's Gate, South Kensington, London, and the late Walter Kent Capper. Died 04 June 1918, Age 19 years old. Buried STAMFORD CEMETERY, H. P. 20. Commemorated Blundells School

Born Lancaster, Lancashire, 25th November 1898. Educated Blundell's School 'Petergate', Tiverton, Devon September 1911 – April 1915.
THREE AVIATORS KILLED – The South Lincolnshire Coroner was on Wednesday notified of the deaths of three aviators – Lieut. Henry Kent Capper, aged 19. Second Lieut. John Aiken Carleton Lewis, 20, and Acting Sergeant John Steinberg, 20 – who were killed while flying the previous night through the collision of two aeroplanes. Lieut. Capper was an instructor and the son of one of the pioneers of aviation.
Lincolnshire Echo 06 June 1918 – page 4
CAPPER Harry Kent. Lieutenant. Royal Air Force, No. 5 Training Depot Station. formerly London Regiment (Artists' Rifles). Son of Caroline A. Capper, of R, Emperor's Gate, South Kensington, London, and the late Walter Kent Capper. Died 04 June 1918, Age 19 years old. Buried STAMFORD CEMETERY, H. P. 20. Commemorated Blundells School

Born Lancaster, Lancashire, 25th November 1898. Educated Blundell's School 'Petergate', Tiverton, Devon September 1911 – April 1915.
THREE AVIATORS KILLED – The South Lincolnshire Coroner was on Wednesday notified of the deaths of three aviators – Lieut. Henry Kent Capper, aged 19. Second Lieut. John Aiken Carleton Lewis, 20, and Acting Sergeant John Steinberg, 20 – who were killed while flying the previous night through the collision of two aeroplanes. Lieut. Capper was an instructor and the son of one of the pioneers of aviation.
Lincolnshire Echo 06 June 1918 – page 4

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  • Originally Created by: darealjolo
  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149199262/harry_kent-capper: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut Harry Kent Capper (unknown–4 Jun 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149199262, citing Stamford Cemetery, Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).