In Memory Of

STAPLES, OSRIC OSMOND

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1892-09-01
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 6th Bn.
Regiment:
 Royal Scots Fusiliers
Former Regiment:
 formerly Sgt. 1612 King Edwards Horse
Date of Death:
 1915-09-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 46 to 49.
Cemetery:
 LOOS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Albert Warner and Sarah Susannah Staples, of Springfontein, Orange Free State. A Rhodes Scholar (Rhodesia 1911) at Oxford, formerly Serjt. in King Edward's Horse. His brother also died in service. On St. George's College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe