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Private JOHN EDWARD STAPLEHURST

Service Number: 6143841
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 27 May 1940 and 28 May 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

VI. AA. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Ellen Staplehurst; husband of Eva Florence Staplehurst, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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