No.3/9727, Corporal, Stanley Frank STADEN M.M.
Aged 21
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Born in 1897 (1st qtr Bury St.Edmunds 4a:832) son of John Thomas and Annie STADEN (née ERSWELL)
1901 census...Aged 4, he was at 45 Springfield Road, Bury St.Edmunds with his father John T STADEN [35] house decorator; his mother Annie M [36] born Saffron Walden; sisters Winifred D [10] born Saffron Walden, Cecilia [8] and Sybil G [1]; brothers Algernon G [7] and Reginald A [10 months]. All except his mother and Winifred were born in Bury St.Edmunds. His mother died in 1907, his father then married Rosina WILFORD in Bury, 3rd qtr 1910 1901 census...Aged 14, he was at the Unicorn Inn, Eastgate Street, Bury St.Edmunds with his father, stepmother Rosina [52] born Mildenhall; sisters Sybil, Muriel [9] and Vera [6]; brother Reginald. |
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He enlisted in Woolpit.
Murphy has On 27th the 11th Suffolks were ordered to advance and ascertain the enemy's strength on the river Rhonelle and if possible to cross and form a bridgehead. The enemy were found in strength on both sides, especially the north. "A" Coy got a section over on the left but these gallant men were all killed before their success could be exploited, the remainder of the company being driven back by machine gun fire with many casualties. In this operation Cpl S F Staden M.M. displayed most conspicuous gallantry. In the face of close range fire he led his platoon to the river- which he himself attempted to cross carrying a Lewis gun-in a vain but heroic attempt to rush an emplacement. When the enemy had been driven back the grave of this Corporal was discovered, marked with a cross (with his identity disc fastened thereto) on which was inscribed in German the epitaph "To a very brave Englishman".
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