Britnor, Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Stanley |
Surname | Britnor |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-08-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Britnor and Gertrude Britnor (née Prescott, m. 1913). Husband of Frances Eileen Britnor , of Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P1305 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cardington (St. Mary) Church Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row R. Coll. grave 15. |
Epitaph | MAN'S DESPERATE FOLLY WAS NOT THEIRS, BUT THEIRS THE SACRIFICE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 13 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 754172 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 14 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. Mary Magdelene, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller Blade & Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of H.P. Hampden P1305 14 O.T.U. R.A.F. Cottesmore, which crashed 19.8.40 at Melchbourne |
Location | Church of St. Nicholas, Cottesmore, Rutland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | This chapel is dedicated to the memory of the officers and men of the British and American forces stationed at Cottesmore who gave their lives for freedom, 1939-1945, The way of life goeth upward. |
Miscellaneous Information
His father was killed in action in France during WWI, 24 April 1918, aged 29 Years and is interred at the Adelaide British Cemetery, France. His mother remarried Harry Monday in 1919. |
Other memorials: On his paternal grandparents' headstone at St Paul's Church, Stalybridge, Cheshire. "Also Stanley, Son of Harold Killed In Action With The RAF August 19th 1940 Aged 25 Years Interred At Cardingon Cemetry." On Stalybridge War Memorial "Sergeant (Sgt) S BRITNOR Royal Air Force Date: 1939 - 1945 Stalybridge War Memorial, Trinity Street" Sergeant ( Pilot ) 754172 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 19/08/1940 26 Row R. Coll. grave 15. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/2697 (P354080/40) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-08-1940 |
End Date | 19-08-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Cottesmore |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Emerged from cloud, almost vertical, and crashed at Sgarnbrook, NNW of Bedford |