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Ernest Edmund Staples

In memory of:

Private Ernest Edmund Staples

September 28, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2380863

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Samuel J. and Elizabeth R. Staples, of Carman, Manitoba. Native of Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 505 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CREST CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

B. 10.

Location:

Fontaine-Notre Dame is a large village in the Department of the Nord approximately 3 kilometres south-west of Cambrai on the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume (N30). The CREST CEMETERY is signposted from the N30 in the village and is located on the right hand side of the road towards Raillencourt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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