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Rifleman ALFRED WILLIAM STAPLETON

Service Number: 14311519
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Queen Victoria's Rifles

Date of Death

Died 31 January 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

11. H. 22.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 5 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Alice Stapleton, of Kilburn, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF A GALLANT SON AND BROTHER. HIS FACE NEVER CHANGES BUT IS GLORIFIED
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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