In Memory Of

STAPLES, AUBREY

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 67415
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 H.M. Submarine XE11
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1945-03-06
Cause of Death:
 Died in collision, at sea. 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine XE-11, Lost in collision in Loch Striven, 6th March 1945.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Sec. L. Grave 2089.
Cemetery:
 ROTHESAY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Buteshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of George and Edith L. Staples, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Might be HMS Varbel. South African Naval Force, 12 Submarine Flotilla - X-Craft, HM Submarine XE-11, Lost in collision in Loch Striven, 6th March 1945. Listed on the XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Kylesku, Sutherland, and XIIth Sub Flotilla Memorial, Port Bannatyne, Bute