Lance Corporal George Staley, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Staley of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, served with the 13th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, before volunteering for Airborne Forces in 1942.
He attended Parachute Training Course 35 which started at RAF Ringway on 29 October and died just two days into the course as a result of a parachuting accident.
Lance Corporal Staley died on 31 October 1942, aged 20 years old. He is now buried in Fenton Cemetery, Stoke on Trent.
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