Stanley Owen Clarke
Service number
D/JX230353
Military unit
HMS Sultan Royal Navy
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
30 Mar 1911
Date of death
16 Feb 1942 (31 years old)
Place of birth
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Iron Foundry Clerk.
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Harry and Emily Clarke of 41 Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover. Stanley was one of 9 children.
On 24th March 1934 he married Olive Mary Gutteridge at St John the Evangelist at Carrington. They had one son, John born in 1937.
In 1939 they were living at Albany Place Mansfield Woodhouse.and Stanley was working has a clerk at an Iron Foundry.
Military history
HMS Sultan was a shore base at Singapore. Established in 1940 it fell when the Japanese attacked in February 1942. Between 10th and 15th of February 5000 escaped from Singapore but only 1 in 4 managed to reach safety, the rest were captured or killed.
Extra information
Remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 101, col 3.
Photographs
No photos