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The First RAMC Casualty in Cyprus –
He Died Caring for his Comrades
‘Sacred to the memory of No 10621 Private Edward C Capel, Royal Army Medical Corps, who died at Camp
Polymedia Limassol, Cyprus, on Feb 8th 1899, from enteric fever contracted while in the discharge of his duties nurs-
ing comrades in hospital.
This stone has been erected by the Officers, non-commissioned officers and men R.A.M.C. The Depot Staff Limassol,
and C. Company 1st Battalion Border Regiment, as a mark of respect and esteem’
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