No.6021463, Private, Stanley HARDCASTLE
Aged 24
Stanley Hardcastle was born on 8th December 1919 (1st qtr 1920 West Ham 4a:229) son of Harry and Ethel Grace Falconer HARDCASTLE (née STOCK).
in the 1939 register he was a motor driver, living at 94 Plaistow Road, West Ham with his father Harry [4-7-1880] a shop manager; his mother Ethel [25-8-1886]; sisters Ethel [2-2-1914] dress maker, Lilian [2-4-1916] butcher's assistant, Grace [14-7-1917] waitress and Marjorie [31-8-1923] tea packer. The CWGC have his parents in Horringer |
From the letter sent to his mother, he was driving a Jeep and was hit and wounded by a shell burst, from which he failed to recover.
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