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Harold Ernest Stanley

In memory of:

Sergeant Harold Ernest Stanley

February 13, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/91441

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

458 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

April 10, 1920
Nigeria

Enlistment:

February 1, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Frank X. Stanley and Eva May Stanley, of Minna, Nigeria.

Commemorated on Page 216 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Malta

Grave Reference:

Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 104.

Location:

The Cemetery is about 2 kilometres south-east of Rinella, a bay and hamlet opposite Valletta across the mouth of the Grand Harbour and on the southern outskirts of the village of Kalkara. Just before entering Kalkara on the main bus route, the Cemetery is signposted along the road "Triq Santa Liberta" to the street of "Triq San Leonarda" and "Triq Santa Rokku" where the Cemetery is located. On 'Google Maps' this cemetery is indicated as Kalkara Military Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Harold Ernest Stanley– Sergeant Harold Ernest Stanley

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  • Photo of Harold Ernest Stanley– Photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.

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    Photo of Harold Ernest Stanley – Photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.
  • Photo of Harold Ernest Stanley– Detail 1 (portrait photo) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.

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    Photo of Harold Ernest Stanley – Detail 1 (portrait photo) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.
  • Medals– Detail 2 (medals) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.

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    Medals – Detail 2 (medals) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.
  • Letter– Detail 3 (letter) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.

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    Letter – Detail 3 (letter) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.
  • Award– Detail 4 (posthumous RCAF Operational Wings award) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.

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    Award – Detail 4 (posthumous RCAF Operational Wings award) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.
  • Funeral– Detail 5 (photo of funeral service in Malta) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.

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    Funeral – Detail 5 (photo of funeral service in Malta) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba.
  • Grave Marker– Detail 6 (photo of gravestone in Malta) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba. Harold Ernest Stanley and four of his crewmates on Wellington HX726 -- Lawrence Harry Gleason, Maurice McAllister Kempton, Peter Edwyn Brown, and Eric Ansell Brown -- were killed when their plane crashed at Luqa, Malta, on February 13, 1943. The only survivor of the crash was Wendell Pierce Drew.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Detail 6 (photo of gravestone in Malta) from framed photo collection donated by Mrs. Shirley McClelland (sister of Sergeant Stanley) to Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Manitoba. Harold Ernest Stanley and four of his crewmates on Wellington HX726 -- Lawrence Harry Gleason, Maurice McAllister Kempton, Peter Edwyn Brown, and Eric Ansell Brown -- were killed when their plane crashed at Luqa, Malta, on February 13, 1943. The only survivor of the crash was Wendell Pierce Drew.

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