Harrogate Herald – 14th November 1917

Roll of Honour

Private Robert Capps (WY), son of Mrs Capps, 11 Dragon Parade, Harrogate, who was reported missing on 3rd May, it has been ascertained, was killed in action. News came to this effect from Sergeant Abbott, who is a prisoner in Germany. He was coming home in May for his commission, a fact that makes the blow all the more severe. He joined in September, 1914, and for some time acted as instructor, going to France in January, 1917.