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Son of William Staples, of Grimsby, Ontario, and the late Jane Cope Staples.
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Corporal Samuel Staples
Grave of 2020493 Corp. Samuel Earl Staples who served with the 1st Depot Regt. of British Columbia.
Born in Hamilton Ontario on Nov. 17th 1896. He enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Dec. 27th 1917 he listed prior service of two years (1915-16) with the Royal North West Mounted Police at Regina. He listed his occupation as "School Teacher" Samuel died during the Spanish Flu panademic of 1918-19 on Oct. 29th 1918 just 19 days short of his 22nd birthday. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Corporal Samuel Staples
Memorial cross in the cemetery where 2020493 Corp. Samuel Earl Staples who served with the 1st Depot Regt. of British Columbia was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Corporal Samuel Staples
Cemetery view of the section where 2020493 Corp. Samuel Earl Staples who served with the 1st Depot Regt. of British Columbia was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Grave of 2020493 Corp. Samuel Earl Staples who served with the 1st Depot Regt. of British Columbia. Born in Hamilton Ontario on Nov. 17th 1896. He enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Dec. 27th 1917 he listed prior service of two years (1915-16) with the Royal North West Mounted Police at Regina. He listed his occupation as "School Teacher" Samuel died during the Spanish Flu panademic of 1918-19 on Oct. 29th 1918 just 19 days short of his 22nd birthday. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Memorial cross in the cemetery where 2020493 Corp. Samuel Earl Staples who served with the 1st Depot Regt. of British Columbia was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Cemetery view of the section where 2020493 Corp. Samuel Earl Staples who served with the 1st Depot Regt. of British Columbia was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Commemorated on:
Page 506 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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