| Surname: | Staite |
| Initials: | W E |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | 5177778 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Gloucester Regiment, 21/10/41 transferred to CMP. VP Southern Comd. 7/11/44 Died. He was born in Gloucester. He died on Landing Ship Tank 420 which struck a mine off Ostend, Belgium. 11 other CMP also drowned along with 300 other servicemen. Casualty List 266/11, France, Missing, Gloucestershire Regiment attached AMPC, 1/6/1940. Casualty List 286/30, BEF, France, previously reported Missing now not missing, Gloucestershire Regiment attached AMPC, previous list 266. Casualty List 1609/26 At Sea, previously reported missing 7/11/1944, Western Europe, 7/11/1944, now presumed killed in Action, previous List 1609, 7/11/1944. Casualty List 1620/24, Missing 7/11/1944. 28/9/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- not shown. William Edgar Staite. |
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| Date of Death: | Nov. 7, 1944 |
| Company: | UNKNOWN |
| CWGC Link: | 2148200 |
| Cemetery: | BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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