Stanley Marshall Stork
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: Harry Marshall and Caroline Stork
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 31 Massey Street, Hull. Lived: Hull, Yorkshire
Date of birth: 1908
Place of birth: Hull
Date of death: 11/01/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 34
Further information:
Stanley was born and raised in Hull. He was the son of a refuse collector and the youngest of 3 brothers. He married Gertrude Amelia Horley, 12 years his senior in 1940.
On the day of his death, Stanley was serving aboard a British Motor Tanker, ‘British Dominion’, which was part of convoy TM1, on route from the island of Curacao in the West Indies to Gibraltar, carrying a cargo of 9000 tons of aviation spirit. At 00.40 hours, at a point North West of the Canary Islands, U-boat U-522 struck the vessel with 3 torpedoes, resulting in significant damage and causing the crew to abandon ship. About 2 hours later U-boat U-620 finished her off and sunk her. Out of the 53 people on board, 33 crew members and 4 gunners, including Stanley, were lost. The 15 survivors were rescued and landed at Gibraltar. Originally reported as missing which was changed to killed in action 8 months later.
Stanley died on 11th January 1943 (not 10th as on Memorial).
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.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/person/53573.html