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246956 Pte. Ernest George Staddon British Army 10th Btn. Essex Regiment from:Highgate, London Ernest Staddon was a milk man in Highgate, before joining up. He took part in operations in France including around the Ancre. He was captured by the Germans near Miraumont on 8th of March 1917 and became a POW at Giessen & Minden. He had been shot in the lower leg, in fact it seems the ankle was broken and set but had to be subsequently reset on later arrival back in UK. He was returned to England via Holland and admitted to the King George Hospital, Waterloo, London on 20th of January 1918. On 13th February 1918 he wrote from there to the Essex Regiment Prisoner of War fund to thank them for the parcels sent to him from Saffron Walden. Later he took over a tobacconist & confectioner shop in Horney that he ran with his wife until death from cancer on 24 Jul 1959. Like many, he never talked about his time in France to his grandchildren and was scarred physically and mentally. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**