Charles Arthur Stapleton
Service Number
203348
Military Unit
1/5th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment
Date of birth
Date of Death
27 Apr 1918 (21 years old)
Place of Birth
Lambley
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Charles was a domestic gardener in 1911.
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Family History
His father John William (1867) and mother Emily (1872) were born at Lambley. Married in 1892, they had nine children, eight surviving infancy - William b.1893, Mary b.1894, John b.1896, Charles b.1897, Margaret b.1900, Susannah b.1901, Lucy b.1902 and Walter b.1904.
In 1911 they lived at Lodge Farm, Bulcote. John William managed a farm, William and John were labourers. Also living at the address was Elizabeth Stapleton, aged 76, Charles’s widowed mother.
Military History
Charles Arthur Stapleton enlisted at Lowdham.
He was killed in action on 27 April 1918 and was buried in Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension )grave reference: 3.B.13).
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