George Augustus Stewart Cape
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CMG (28 March 1867 – 18 March 1918) was a brigadier general in the 39th Division, Royal Artillery of the British Army during World War I.[1]
Cape was born in Lee, Kent (now in London), the son of George Augustus Cape, an author and co-founder of the accounting firm Cape & Dalgleish,[2] and Mary Catherine Cape. He was educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey.[3]
He was commissioned into the
He was appointed
Companion of St Michael and St George in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.[6] He died in active service, in France aged 50 and is remembered at a cemetery in Péronne, Somme.[1]
References
- ^ a b Manchester, Reading. "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ISSN 2169-5377.
- ^ School, Charterhouse (1904). Charterhouse Register, 1872-1900. p. 171. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "No. 27163". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 February 1900. p. 910.
- ^ "No. 27168". The London Gazette. 23 February 1900. p. 1257.
- ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1918. p. 4.
- Hart's Army list, 1901
