Cave Eric Victor Captain/Reverend 101723

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Captain (Reverend) Eric Victor Cave
Captain (Reverend) Eric Victor Cave

Name Cave Eric Victor
Army number 101723
Rank Chaplain 4th Class. Captain/Reverend
Decorations
Date of birth Birth registered Q4 1908, Leeds. Baptised 15/11/1908.
Age 0
Unit Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Commissioned 26/8/1939. Attached 70th Infantry Brigade as one of the Brigade Chaplains. Posted 11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 7/10/1939. Posted 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry 25/11/1939. B.E.F. Prisoner of War.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Padre
Joined Brigade 7/10/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War O7B, 228
Died/Killed in action Died 29/12/1954 in Leeds aged 46. Probate granted 30/4/1955.
Home address Son of Walter Cave (Locomotive Foreman) and Frances Maud Cave. Lived in Keighley. Master of Arts Degree. Married Yvonne R. Godden, Wakefield in Q2 1946.
Source table 10DLI

To read information from the Barwick Historical Society please click here].

The newspaper cutting below gives an account of some of Captain Cave's PoW experiences.

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The picture below is of Captain Cave's Wedding to Yvonne Godden, with his brother Arthur acting as Best Man.

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