100418 Private Horace Stanley Army 21st Battalion (Islington) Middlesex Regiment from:Northwood, Middlesex, Enaglnd (d.19th Oct 1918) I have been tracing the details of the above WW1 soldier who wou;ld have been my uncle.
From CWGC website I have found his final resting place in Berlin South-Western Cemetery and have details of the plot and site which I will visit in due course.
From my father's information I believed that Horace was wounded and captured at Passchendaele but have now found records at the National Archives confirming capture date as 09/04/1918. It would appear that this was at Armentiers.
Those records also confirm date of death as 19/10/1918, in hospital at Stallupen? Cause of death is stated as pneumonia.(The writing is not clear on microfiche.)
I would like to find out in which PoW camp he was internedbefore his death and if possible his original burial site before being re-buried in the CWGC.
I do have a photograph of the soldier, in uniform, taken with his sister and mother early in 1918 whilst on leave before returning to France from whence the story unfolded. I also have a photo of his brothers.
The quality is not good enough to scan which I have tried before but a photocpy can be sent to you if you wish.
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