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Private JOHN STAPLES

Service Number: 12029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 February 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Eliza Staples, of 67, Swan St., Sileby, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

BERLES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 197
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