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Bob Capeling

Played by Joe Sims

Fact title Fact data
Date of birth
22 May 1879
Place of birth
Folkestone
Age at outbreak of WW1
35
Occupation
Hospital Porter
Address
Coolinge Road, Folkestone

An amiable porter at the Bevan, Bob follows his own ambiguous moral code. Whether it is an illicit slice of cheese, a festive bottle of plonk or syphilis medication, he can source anything for his hospital companions. All this, of course, at a price.