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Lance Corporal IRA J. STAPLES

Service Number: 1000581
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

27th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE

II. O. 5.

France

BELLACOURT MC Amendment 558139 IJ STAPLES

Photographer: FRANCK MICHEL

  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. F. M. Abigail (formerly Staples), of Benito, Manitoba. Born at Treherne, Manitoba.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 549
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