Eldest son of John Hornby Staton and Mary Staton, of 39, Howarth Street, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Ethel Staton, of 50, Crosby Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Worked for the London and North Western Railway Company as a Clerk at Plodder Lane, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted August 1917. Formerly 83rd Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of pneuonia following influenza at the Canadian Hospital, Le Treport, France.