Stanley Harold Crump
1939: painter and decorator
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Stanley Harold was the son of George Henry Crump and his second wife, Amelia (née Lamb formerly Widdowson).
Amelia Lamb was born in 1881, the daughter of Robert and Amelia Lamb. She married Frank Widdowson in 1900 and they had five children; Ethel Elizabeth (1903), Gladys Mary (1905), Frank (1908 d. 1909), Walter (1910) and Lois (1913). With the exception of the youngest child, Lois, who was born in Basford, their children were born in Bulwell, Nottingham.
Amelia's husband, Frank, died in December 1915 aged 35 and Amelia married George Henry Crump (b. 1853 Warrington), a widower, at Nottingham (Meadows) St Saviour on 5 August 1916. Their eldest son Frederick George was born the following year, and his brother Stanley in 1920.
The family was living at 44 Cornhill Street, Nottingham, in 1919 and recorded at the same address in 1921. In the home of the night of the census were George, a brass finisher, Amelia, George's son Reginald Anthony (15 b. Warrington) a general labourer, George's four stepchildren, Ethel a printer (Boots Co), Gladys who worked for John Player & Sons, and Walter and Lois who were school age (surnames recorded on the census as 'Crump'), together with his two sons by Amelia, Frederick (4) and Stanley (2).
George Henry Crump died in 1933 (reg. Warrington). His widow Amelia was recorded on the 1939 England & Wales Register living at 8 Noel Street, Hyson Green, Nottingham. Also in the household were her widowed daughter Gladys M Creswell (m. Alwyn Cresswell 1928, widowed 1931) and Gladys's son Eric Alwyn (b. Dec. 1928), her married daughter Lois O'Neil, husband Rollan (m. 1934) and son Brian (b. 1935), and her son Stanley Crump, a painter and decorator.
Amelia Crump married Francis T Smith in 1940. She died in April 1951.
Stanley married Ethel Mary Whiteman, the daughter of Thomas and Ethel M Whiteman, in 1940 and their daughter Gillian M. was born in 1942.
His widow did not remarry and died in 1981; she was then living in Basford, Nottingham.
Stanley was serving in HMS Gould in 1944 and rated Acting Leading Stoker (Ty).
HMS Gould (K476), an escort destroyer, was originally USN Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Lovering (DE-272), but was transferred on completion in September 1943 to the Royal Naval under the Lend-Lease agreement. HMS Gould was commissioned in the Royal Navy on 18 September and served on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic.
HMS Gould (Lt DW Ungoed RN), part of the First Escort Group, was operating in the North Atlantic on 29 February 1944 when a German submarine (U-358-Rolf Manke) was detected. The hunt for the submarine continued into the following day (1 March) and although two of the four Escort Group had to withdraw to refuel in Gibraltar, HMS Gould and HMS Affleck continued the attack. However, U-358 torpedoed and sank HMS Gould during the afternoon of 1 March with the loss of over 120 of the ship’s company, including the commanding officer. U-358 was subsequently sunk by HMS Affleck with gunfire and depth charges; there was one survivor. (source: uboat.net)
Stanley's body was not recovered for burial and he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial (Panel 89, Column 2).
Stanley Harold's brother, Frederick George Crump, 4913785 Lance Serjeant, served in the Royal Armoured Corps, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, and was killed in action in Western Europe (Germany) on 7 April 1945. He was buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.
CWGC Extra information: 'Son of George Henry and Amelia Crump; husband of Ethel Mary Crump, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.'
Nottingham Evening Post, 11 March 1944: Photograph with caption ‘Missing, presumed killed: L/Stoker S Crump, of 6, Vincent-terrace, Randolph-street, Nottingham.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, 13 March 1944: ‘Local War Casualties. L.-Stoker Crump, whose death was reported on Saturday, lived at 6, Vincent-terrace, Randal (not Randolph) street, Nottingham.' (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’ 1 March 1949: ‘Crump. Stanley Harold RN
missing, presumed killed, March 1st, 1944. Remembered always. Loving wife Ethel, daughter Gillian and families.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Deaths’, 18 April 1951: ‘Smith. April 16th, Amelia (née Crump-sic), passed away. Service St Paul’s, 3pm Thursday. Interment Bulwell, 3.30pm. Loving son and daughters.’ [Walter, Ethel Elizabeth, Gladys May and Lois, children of Frank and Amelia Widdowson. Amelia's two sons by George Crump predeceased her]
Photo of Stanley Harold Crump
Nottingham Evening Post, 11 March 1944 (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Photo of Stanley Harold Crump
Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial (www.cwgc.org)