John Capper

British First World War general

Major-General Sir John Edward Capper, was a senior officer of the British Army during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who served on the North-West Frontier of British India, in South Africa and during the First World War, where he was instrumental in the development of the tank.

He was the older brother of Major General Thompson Capper, who was killed in action at the Battle of Loos in late 1915.

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