Cape was born in
Lee, Kent (now in London), the son of George Augustus Cape, an author and co-founder of the accounting firm Cape & Dalgleish, and Mary Catherine Cape. He was educated at
Charterhouse School in Surrey. Cape was commissioned into the
Royal Artillery as a
second lieutenant on 13 November 1889, promoted to
lieutenant on 13 November 1892, and served in
Uganda in 1898, for which he received the
East and Central Africa Medal. The following year he was seconded to
South Africa where he served on Special Service during the
Second Boer War. He was promoted to
captain on 9 January 1900. Cape was appointed a
Companion of St Michael and St George in the
1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War. He died on active service, in
France aged 50 and is remembered at a cemetery in
Péronne, Somme. ==References==