In Memory Of
STANNARD, GEOFFREY GEORGE
Service Details
Age:
31
Service No:
P/JX 128470
Rank:
Leading Telegraphist
Unit:
H.M.S. Dorsetshire
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1942-04-05
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 66, Column 3.
Cemetery:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of George and Maud Stannard; husband of Doreen Constance Stannard, of Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa.
