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Leading Seaman GEORGE ARTHUR STAPLES

Service Number: P/JX 269594
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Boscawen

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1943

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTLAND ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

C. of E. Portion. Grave 731.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Edward and Jane Staples, of Camberwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS GENEROUS IN ALL THINGS
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

PORTLAND ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Dorset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 238
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