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Lieut Patrick Stapler
Thompson (Brother)
Killed in action April 27 1918
Aged 32
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Stratford upon Avon Cemetery
Warwickshire
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Patrick Stapler
Thompson
1885
Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
27th April 1918
Killed in action near the Tobacco Factory on the La Bassee Canal near Bethune in France
32
Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France
First World War
Lieutenant
466th Field Company Royal Engineers
Military Cross
Awarded the Military Cross in October 1917 for marking out the jumping off point for an infantry advance under heavy enemy fire. A highly able and proficent rower and rugby player for Stratford.
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