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 Summer 1939. Posted to the 11th Bn 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 and Agnes Brown, 37 Archer Street, Darlington.
Source table 11DLI