MB ChB Birm 1916; MRCS LRCP 1919; DPH Manch 1921.
Staley studied medicine at Birmingham University and served as a captain in the RAMC. He was AMO at Westmorland Sanatorium before being appointed RMO at Ladywell Sanatorium, Salford. Staley died on 11 January 1948, aged 56.