William Francis Staples
Service number
6024123
Military unit
Essex Regiment
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
15 Jun 1914
Date of death
13 Nov 1940 (26 years old)
Place of birth
Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Employment, education or hobbies
Ship and house painter and decorator.
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Family history
Son of Edmund and Jessie Staples, of Mansfield Woodhouse.
In 1921 and 1939 the family was liviing in Southend on Sea. In 1939 Jessie was widowed and was living with Wiliam Francis and youngest son, Geoffrey at 41a Eastcote Grove, Southend-on-Sea but har death is recorded as being in Mansfield in 1945 so persumably she had moved to Mansfield Woodhouse between the 1939 Register being taken in Se[tember 1939 and William's death in November 1940.
Military history
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Extra information
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