Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Staniland
Walter Edwin Staniland
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: STANILAND, Walter Edwin
Status: Died
Address: 49 East St Helen's
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Service No: 13253
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 10th (Service)
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Chronology: from September 1914
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Place at death: Loos
Date of death: 25 September 1915
Born: Abingdon
Enlisted: Birmingham
Age at Death: 31
Family Details: Son of George and Eliza Staniland, of 49, East Saint Helen St., Abingdon, Berks.
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Reference: Panel 60 and 64.
Notes: SDGW lists him as Lance Corporal
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