Cave Eric Victor Captain/Reverend 101723
Personnel Entry
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, Posted 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Padre
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War O7B, 228
Died/Killed in action 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