Private Stanley Thomas Warner

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1888

Date of Death

21 Oct 1916

War time / or Pre War occupation

House decorator

Service Number

G/15027

Place of Birth

Halstead
United Kingdom

World War I Address

40 Alma Street
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

France

Grave Location

Regina Trench Cemetery
Grandcourt
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Luton News , 16th August 1917
Pte Stanley Thomas Warner

It was not until August 1917 that the family of Pte Stanley Thomas Warner, G/15027, 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, were officially notified that he was presumed to have died on the battlefield on October 21st, 1916.

The 28-year-old had lived with grandparents William and Emma Warner, of 40 Alma Street, Luton for some years before joining the Leicestershire Regiment (5940) in 1915. He was later transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment while in France before being reported wounded and missing on October 21st, 1916.

Stanley was the second of four sons of William and Elizabeth Warner, both natives of Dunstable,m who raised their family while living in Halstead. Essex. At the time of Stanley's death his parents were living in Coventry.

In the 1911 Census, Stanley was described as a house decorator living with his grandparents in Luton.

Younger brother L-Cpl George Percy Warner, 3274, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, had met is death in France on October 8th, 1915.

Individual Location

Pte Stanley Thomas Warner

Author: Deejaya

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