STAPLEY, Hugh John
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X 3883
Born:
Tuesday, July 29, 1924
Birthplace:
Penshurst, Kent
Died :
Sunday, August 20, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
20
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine Hugh Stapley died of wounds during operations at Normandy, France. Son of William George and Priscilla Marianne Stapley, of Penshurst, Kent [1][1a][2].
Extract from the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser
Much sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stapley, of The Warren. Penshurst, in the loss of their second son. Hugh John Stapley, a Royal Marine Commando, who died of wounds in North West Europe in August. He was 20 years of age. Born at Penshurst, he attended the Church School, and before entering the Marines in 1942 was in the service of Viscount Hardinge at South Park. Mr. Stapley. senr., is estate carpenter for Lord De L'Isle and Dudley. The eldest son, Reginald, is also in the Marines. [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[1a] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
[2] RM Globe and Laurel Nov. 1944 edition.
[3] Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser Friday 1st September 1944.
[3] British Newspaper Archive (website britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk); The British Library Board.
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