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Cpl. Stanley Alfred Munns
Royal Marines
from:Erith, Kent
Cpl Stan Munns served in the Royal Marines in North Africa and was then part of the Battle on Crete in 1942, when he was part of the withdrawal from the island after crack German paratroopers invaded. He was part of the final rear guard action on the island and was put in charge of a group of Australians from the 2/2 Field Artillery. He was captured and spent the remainder of the war in Stalag 4C. He compiled a diary during the latter stages of the war which included some photographs of other prisoners.
On repatriation in May 1945 he married one month later and then returned to his vocation as a book binder finally working for the HMSO as an Asst Director until retirement in Norfolk UK.