Stanley Eric Mahoney
Memorial: Pucklechurch - Memorial Shields
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 5680550
Parents: William Thomas and Elizabeth Mary Mahoney
Marital status: Married
Home address: 5 Eastfield Road, Cotham, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Steel Shutterer
Date of birth: 08/09/1910
Place of birth: Gloucestershire
Date of death: 02/08/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried Bayeux War Cemetery (I. C. 12.), Calvados, France
Age: 33
Further information:
Stanley was the son of a former coal miner, he had an older sister Phyllis and a younger sister Doreen. He married Gertrude Mary Mahoney of Cotham, Bristol at the end of 1943 and they had one son Christopher.
Stanley served with the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. He Died of Wounds during the battle of the Falaise Pocket when his Infantry was attacking hills south of St. Pierre la Vielle and is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery (I. C. 12.), Calvados, France.
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/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/