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Stanford Rivers – Thomas Staines [11134]
[11134] Private in the 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
He enlisted at Warley. He was killed on 13 November 1916 and is buried at
Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France.
He was the son of David Staines, of Hare Street, Stanford Rivers.
Essex Newsman, 18 August 1917
Pt. Thomas Staines, Essex Regt., youngest son of Mr and Mrs David Staines,
of Stanford Rivers, recently reported missing, is now reported killed.
He was 20 years of age.
The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. There are now 7,127 Commonwealth burials
of the First World War in the cemetery, mostly dating from 1916. Of these, 4,944 are unidentified.
The cemetery, which was not completed until 1934, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
