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Private WILLIAM MATTHEW STAPLES

Service Number: 23775
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of William and Ellen Staples, of 23, Rotherstone, Devizes.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 462
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