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Lt. Stanley George Rumble
British Army 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Toronto, Canada
Stan Rumble was my father.
He was a Canadian Officer who volunteered to serve with the British Army in World War II. He was Canloan officer number 498 (Canloan was a scheme in which Canada loaned officers to serve in the British Army.)
He crossed the Channel into Normandy on 16th of July 1944, was posted to the 10th HLI on 20th of July 1944.
He was wounded in action on 6th of August 1944 in Operation Bluecoat, and was evacuated back to England, where he received treatment for his wounds at No. 24 Canadian General Hospital in Smallfield, Surrey.
His nurse was Audrey Murdoch, whom he married on 31st of March 1945, before being transferred back to the continent. They were my parents.