Donald Louis Standen
Memorial: Rangeworthy - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Able Seaman
Parents: Louis Gadd and Charlotte Standen
Home address: Rangeworthy, Bristol
Date of birth: 02/01/1916
Date of death: 08/06/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at sea. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial (Panel 38, Column 2.)
Age: 24
Further information:
He was the son of a decorated Great War veteran who was a carrier operating between Rangeworthy and Bristol. Donald died in one of the Royal Navy’s most devastating disasters of the Second World War. HMS Glorious, one of Britain's largest and fastest aircraft carriers, was sunk along with her escorting destroyers HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta during the evacuation of Allied forces from Norway. Survivors in life rafts were not picked up for 3 days by which time there were only 40 left alive and in all 1,519 souls lost their lives
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.historytoday.com/philip-weir/hms-glorious-history-controversy
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/