Service Details
Name:
 STANNARD
Given Name:
 GEOFFREY GEORGE
Initials:
 G G
Service No:
 P/JX 128470
Rank:
 Leading Telegraphist
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Dorsetshire
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-05
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. DORSETSHIRE and her sister ship Cornwall were detached from the Fleet when they were sighted by Japanese aircraft. A little later they were overwhelmed by approximately 50 dive-bombers whose accurate attack sank both ships quickly; 190 of Cornwall's crew of 650 were lost.
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Maud Stannard; husband of Doreen Constance Stannard, of Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 66, Column 3.

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