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WWI GROUP OF 4 MEDALS & EPHEMERA TO SJT. W.E. STAPLETON, LAN. FUS. WITH BROTHER'S DEATH PLAQUE

** NEW ** WWI pair of War & Victory Medals to 152 Pte. W.E. Stapleton, Lan. Fus.; Territorial War Medal to 152 Sjt. W.E. Stapleton, Lan. Fus.; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal to 280015 Sjt. W.E. Stapleton, 7/Lan. Fus.; Brother's WWI Death Plaque to Frank Stapleton. Accompanied by original portrait photographs and silk postcards, many with Stapleton's writing in pencil to family at home.
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Description

William Ernest Stapleton was born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, the son of Margaret Stapleton and older brother of Frank Stapleton.

He served with the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers and transferred to the Army Pay Corps, disembodied on 12 Apr 1919. His younger brother, Frank Stapleton is a unique WWI name on the Commonwealth War Graves database, was the son of Margaret Stapleton and served with the 1/4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment. He was Killed In Action on 10 Apr 1918, commemorated on the Loos Memorial.