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1372. Dvr. Radcliffe, Stanley Henry

Driver

Date of Birth: Q4 1896, St Marys, Swansea
Occupation: Postman (SR)
Employer: Swansea Post Office
Enlisted - Date: 31/5/1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 1372
Service O/S: Home: 31/5/15 - 14/5/17. France: 15/5/17 - 18/3/18.
Other service: 3129 & 686950, Dvr, 2/3rd West Lancs RFA.
Date Died: 18/3/1918
How Died: Died
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q4 1896, Swansea. Parents - James & Leila Ann

1901 - 6 Lower Oxford St, Swansea. 4yo. W parents (Dad-Gas stoker) & 6 older sibs

1911 - 40 Oxford Street, Swansea. 14yo. Occ-Telegraph Messenger, Post Office. W parents (Dad-Gas purifier) % 2 older sibs

1915 - Apr - Became Postman at Post Office

1915 - May - joined up

1918 - Accidentally killed in France. Buried: La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium

Personal Info: Son of Leila A. Radcliffe, of 40, Oxford St., Swansea, and the late James Radcliffe. (CWGC)
Address:
40 Oxford Street
Swansea (SR-F)

Military Service

SR

Enl 31 May 1915, Swansea. Dvr, No 1372

26/6/15 - Posted to 3rd Line

5/2/16 - Posted to 2nd Line

8/7/16 - 298 Bde, 9/9/16 287 Bde as 3129

16/1/17 - Adm hosp, fracture of tibia. Whilst trying to avoid a kick from a horse, I jumped backwards and stepped on a stable shovel and twisted my ankle 13/1/17, 3129 Driver SH Radcliffe, C/287 Bde RFA.

15/5/17 - Base Details, France

27/5/17 - C/242 Bde - 2/3 West Lancs RFA - Later 686950

18/3/18 - Accidentally killed in France Witness Statement. No 86345 Bdr DAY R B/124 states: - At 9a.m. on the morning of the 18th I was NCO in charge of the Brigade Salvage Party. I pointed out the area to be cleared and started the party to work. About 9,10am there was an explosion by the Railway line where the salvage was being dumped. I heard Sgt WILKINSON call for shell dressings and I ran across with some. I found No. 686950 Driver RADCLIFFE and No. 74312 Gunner GRAHAM badly wounded. I helped dress them but they both died almost at once and neither of them spoke. I looked around for the cause of the accident and saw an 18 pdr shrapnel shell case which had obviously just burst, the base only was left. The two men were lying very near this shell which was actually on the dump of salvaged shell. The base of the shell was corroded with rust shewing that it had been detached from a cartridge for some time. Final Unit C/242 Bde

Addnl info: Accidentally killed in France. Buried: La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium
Final Unit: C/242 Bde
Sources: (SR-F)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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