# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thompson-capper
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:36:09.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thompson-capper"
name: "Thompson Capper"
slug: "thompson-capper"
description: "Major-General Sir Thompson Capper, was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction in the Second Boer War and was a divisional commander during the First World War. At the Battle of Loos in 1915, Capper was shot by a sniper as he reconnoitered the front line during an assault by his division on German positions. He died the next day in a casualty clearing station from wounds to both lungs; his grave is in the nearby Lillers Communal Cemetery."
tagline: "British First World War general (1863–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Thompson_Capper.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1863-10-20"
deathDate: "1915-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.44
  momentum:             2.928571428571429
  historical:           4.806516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ثومپسون كاپير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Capper"
    title: "Thompson Capper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Capper"
    title: "Thompson Capper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "تامپسون کپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8"
    title: "תומפסון קאפר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7795699"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump