Brown Stanley Pte 4469090
Personnel Entry
Name Brown Stanley
Army number 4469090
Rank Private.
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards. Awarded 1939-45 Star, France and Germant Star and War Medal. The medals were sent to his mother on 9/2/1960.
Date of birth Born Darlington 29/8/1923.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry - no enlistment date, but probably 1941. Underwent Basic Training - probably at a Primary Training Centre - perhaps Brancepeth. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS 28/6/44 while with 11th Battalion DLI.
Company/Battery Not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet confirmed.
Task or role Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known as yet.
Wounded Yes - Normandy - his wounds proved fatal.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 28-Jun-44. Initially interred at map reference Fontenay 1/50,000 7 F/1 882.673. Re-buried 6/4/1945 in Grave IV. F. 7. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscriotion reads: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING. WE WILL REMEMBER HIM.
Home address Resident of Darlington. Son of Robert Edward Brown (1898 - 1959) and Agnes McNichol (1901 - 1966), 37 Archer Street, Darlington.
Source table 11DLI