A Tetradic Tragedy ~ Part 3
We Miss Him Most Who Loved Him Best
Private Stanley Maurice Johnson Royal Army Medical Corps
The Man Stanley Maurice Johnson was born on Sunday 1st March 1914 in Ashendon, Buckinghamshire, son of George Herbert a Railway Plateman and Army Pensioner and Miriam Jane nee Burgess. He was one of 10 children, Florence Minnie (1906-1966), Edith Miriam (1907-1988), George Sidney (21st October 1910 – died working on the Burma Railway 4th September 1943), Bernard (Vernon) Joseph Jacob (31st December 1912 - killed in action at Dunkirk 29th May 1940), Ronald Wilfred Johnson ( 15th February 1915 - 1984), Albert Edward (13th March 1918 – killed in action at Normandy 8th August 1944), Frederick Arthur (27th December 1919 – 1974), Joan Mary (15th June 1922 - 1994) and a step sister Aleathea May Burgess (23rd May 1902 -July 1976).
In 1925 when Stanley was aged just 11, his father died, leaving his mother to bring up the 10 children, although Florence and Edith would no doubt have helped being slightly older. Following his education Stanley became a Cabinet Maker and the 1939 Register shows him, aged 20 living with the family at 4 Helmsley Road in Leicester. He was also a First Aider in the air Raid Precautions.
Following the outbreak of World War II on 3rd September 1939, Stanley was called up, putting his medical skills to good use in the Royal Army Medical Corps, as Private service number 7383322.
Stanley served in the North Africa Campaign in Egypt and was killed in action on 4th October 1943, aged 29and buried in Plot 5.M.11, Heliopolis Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery, Egypt.
Stanley was posthumously awarded the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star and War Medal 1939-45. The lack of a Defence Medal indicates he was posted to North Africa before September 1942 as his ARP service would have counted towards the award.
Albert, George, Stanley and Vernon were all killed in action during World War II in different theatres but are reunited in the ranks of ‘The Glorious Dead’.
In 1925 when Stanley was aged just 11, his father died, leaving his mother to bring up the 10 children, although Florence and Edith would no doubt have helped being slightly older. Following his education Stanley became a Cabinet Maker and the 1939 Register shows him, aged 20 living with the family at 4 Helmsley Road in Leicester. He was also a First Aider in the air Raid Precautions.
Following the outbreak of World War II on 3rd September 1939, Stanley was called up, putting his medical skills to good use in the Royal Army Medical Corps, as Private service number 7383322.
Stanley served in the North Africa Campaign in Egypt and was killed in action on 4th October 1943, aged 29and buried in Plot 5.M.11, Heliopolis Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery, Egypt.
Stanley was posthumously awarded the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star and War Medal 1939-45. The lack of a Defence Medal indicates he was posted to North Africa before September 1942 as his ARP service would have counted towards the award.
Albert, George, Stanley and Vernon were all killed in action during World War II in different theatres but are reunited in the ranks of ‘The Glorious Dead’.
Medal Details:
- 1939-45 Star: Unnamed as awarded.
- Africa Star: Unnamed as awarded.
- War Medal 1939-45: Unnamed as awarded.
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