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Private ALAN STAPLES

Service Number: 36943
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY

II. F. 40.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James F. H. and Emma M. Staples, of 24, Park Avenue, Hull.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S KEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1039
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