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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM DERING STAINBANK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

2 "A" Reserve Bde.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROUGHTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

South-West corner.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Dering Lee Warner Stainbank and Ethel Stainbank, of Coedmore, Bellair, Natal, South Africa. Also served in German West Africa. His brother Arthur Reeve Stainbank also fell.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO HIS BROTHER 2ND LT. A.R. STAINBANK 20TH JULY 1917 AGE 24 K.I.A. PASSCHENDAELE GRAVE UNKNOWN
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Buried or commemorated at

BROUGHTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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