From C.W.G.C.:

Corporal WALTER ALFRED STAPLEY

Service Number: 567829

Regiment & Unit/Ship  Royal Air Force

Date of Death Died 24 November 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY Mil. Allotment. Grave 96393C.  South Africa

Additional Info

Son of Walter Alfred and Addeliza Iolanthy Stapley; husband of Cissie Stapley, of Mexborough, S. Yorks, England.

Personal Inscription ALWAYS REMEMBERED

South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 20 November 1943

Walter Alfred Stapley

In loving memory of a dear Husband, Walter Alfred Stapley, who died on Active Service, S. Africa, November 24th, 1941

We did not hear his last faint sigh,

We did not see him die:

We only know he passed away,

And never said good-bye

—From Wife Ciss

In loving memory of our dear Son, Wally, who died on Active Service, S. Africa. November 24th, 1941.

The call was sudden, the blow severe,

We little thought the end so near,

Only those who have lost can tell

The pain of parting without farewell.

—From Mother, Father, and Sister.

— In loving memory of Walter Afred Stapley who died on Active Service, S 8 Africa, November 24th, 1941

Silently remembered.

—From Mother and Father-in-law and Family. C 1531