Able Sea. Victor Stanley . Royal Navy HM Egret (d.27th August 1943) My great grandfather, Victor Stanley, was a radar operator on HMS Egret. He died in the attack on the ship in the Bay of Biscay on 27th August 1943. Before he joined the Navy, he lived in Manor Park (east London) and worked as a Billingsgate fish porter.
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Spr Victor Albert Stanley . British Army 1st Field Park Royal Engineers from Newport Pagnell
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William George Stanley . Royal Navy HMS Halstead (d.11th Jun 1944) My Uncle, William George Stanley was one of the crew members of HMS Halstead, unfortunately he too died on that night of 11th June 1944.
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Alfred Clarkson "Jock" Stannard . British Army Scottish Rifles, Cameronians
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DF Stannard . British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment DF Stannard served with the Kings Liverpool Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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H L Stannard . British Army 13/18th Hussars H Stannard served with the 13/18th Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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S Stanner . British Army S Stanner served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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J Stanners . British Army J Stanners served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JH Stanners . British Army JH Stanners served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Cpl William Horace James Stanners . Army 10th & 6th Battalion Black Watch from London
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Pte. John Stanness . British Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from Sunderland My uncle John Stanness was captured at Tobruk and taken to Tripoli then shipped to PG70. I don't know how long he was there. Then he was moved to a camp in Czechoslovakia, 1vc Wistritz Bei Teplitz (Rozenthal-Brux). He spent the rest of the war there until liberated by the American Army.
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Pte. Charles Stannett . British Army Royal Hampshire Regiment from Blackwater
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HR Stannett . British Army Royal Armoured Corps HR Stannett served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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HR Stannett . British Army Royal Armoured Corps HR Stannett served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Betty Stansfield . Women's Auxiliary Air Force
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Sgt. Cliff Stansfield . british Army 106th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery from Liverpool My uncle, Sgt Stansfield of the 106th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery Liverpool Territorial Unit Lancashire Yeomanry. He was a POW in Stalag 383 from 1942 to 1945.
After the fall of Greece he was evacuated on board HMS Calcutta to serve in Crete. Crete was invaded by German Paratroops and my uncle was captured on 2nd June 1941. He was eventually transported to Stalag V111B at Lansdorf as a POW from June 1941 to Sept 1942.
He was later moved to POW Camp Stalag 383 where he was encarcerated from Sept 1942 to April 1945, whilst there he kept a secret diary and photographs of life as a POW.
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GE Stansfield . British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment GE Stansfield served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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CPO. Rupert Stant . Royal Navy HMS Primrose from Leicestershire My Uncle, Rupert Stant served on HMS Primrose.
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CPO Rupert Stant . Royal Navy from Leicestershire I have just met my Uncle Rupert for the first time, now in his 90's. The family have tried many years to trace me! He is fit and well and has many stories to tell about his WW2 experience. He is a spitting image of my now deceased dad, but Rupert and I have the same dry wit and humour. I would love to know if any of his comrades are still alive!
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D Stanton . British Army D Stanton served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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DL Stanton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps DL Stanton served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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HG Stanton . British Army 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry HG Stanton served with the 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JW Stanton . British Army North Staffordshire Regiment JW Stanton served with the North Staffordshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L Stanton . British Army L Stanton served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt. P. H. Stanton . 102 Squadron
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RE Stanton . British Army RE Stanton served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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TD Stanton . British Army TD Stanton served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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TF Stanton . British Army TF Stanton served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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CSM. William Charles Stanton . British Army 2/6th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment from Walsall (d.6th Aug 1944) Our family does not know much about Bill Stanton, well his time in the Army anyway. Family deaths have broken the family up, and the elders that knew our family history and about Bill have all passed on. So all we really have is his War Graves Certificate. My mother remembers her mom always saying it was her Uncle Bill who chose her name for her. He always said, "if it's a girl, call her Yvonne". My great uncle Bill died 6th of August 1944 and my mom was born the following week. A kind gentleman, Adrian Andrews, offered some information on Bill as follows: Your great uncle with the 2nd/6th South Staffs at the time when he was killed. Prior to August, the 59th Division was engaged as a part of Operation Pomegranate (16th-18th July) attempting to take the fortified village of Noyers Bocage. 2/6th Battalion, as part of 177 Brigade, was much involved in the fighting that occurred there. In the first week of August the Division advanced towards the River Orne. The plan was to force a crossing and to form a bridgehead over the river at a place called Grimbosq. 176 Brigade of the 59th was to form and hold this bridgehead, whilst 177 Brigade moved further south in order to take the high ground that overlooked the river and the major town of Thury Harcourt. The Brigade advanced from the area of Noyers Bocage and on the 6th August, the fateful day for your great uncle, the 2nd/6th were in the area of La Roque. This location was roughly at the start of a series of ridges that approached the river. Each of these ridges as you move towards the banks of the Orne become successively higher and are therefore rather hard to overcome in a military sense. The British were often in full view of the enemy who also had the great advantage of being above the attackers. To take this high ground would gain control over the area and give access to the all important road that runs through Thury Harcourt in the direction of Falaise, which was where the German 7th Army and 5th Panzer Army were destroyed (in the infamous Falaise Pocket). La Roque was the objective of 1st/6th South Staffs and the 2nd/6th South Staffs were in the area. I have attached a map of the area with the locations of A, B, C and D Companies of 2nd/6th Battalion on the 6th August marked up. The position of the Battalion HQ is also noted. An attack by the Battalion was planned for that day but was put off. The war diary does not say much about casualties sustained on the 6th, however, it is noted that at 8.30 in the evening, a shell landed in the B Company area which resulted in 5 casualties, the CSM Stanton being reported as killed. If your great uncle was in B Company, he may be one of the reported casualties. To put the map in the right perspective, look up Thury Harcourt on Google maps and look for the distinctive loop in the River Orne. This loop is on the right-hand side of the close-up map. If you go to the cemetery in Fontenay-le-Pesnil (incidentally this is the 59th Divisional Cemetery the majority of plots belong to the men of the South Staffs who fell in the July/August fighting) you must also go to the modest but very poignant museum in Thury Harcourt (the town liberated by the 59th). It has recently been set up in the Old Fire Station to the memory of the men of the 59th (Staffordshire) Division. 50% of the proceeds of my book are to be donated to the museum to help them maintain the collection and to expand the museum into additional rooms as their collection grows.
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