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Private JOSEPH STAPLES

Service Number: 17/738
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. C. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Staples, of North Grimston, Malton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 592
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