William
Firstname
James
Middle Name
Stanbury
Surname
Date of Birth
School Years:
Date of Death:
1937 - 44
Family
Son of R. H. Stanbury of Ipswich.
Married with 2 sons and a daughter
School Record
Prefect and member of School 1st Rugby XV
Branch of Service:
Navy Royal Marines
Service Number:
Rank:
Decorations:
Service Record
Captain
Campaign Medals
Post War Career
He joined the Royal Marines in Eastney in September 1944. He then served on HMS Gambia, transferring to HMS London in the Pacific Fleet.
After the war, he trained as a Signal Officer at Catterick after which he spent 2 years in Malaya in 42 Commando. He then served in Malta and Cyprus during the 1957 emergency with 40 Commando. In 1961, he was in Aden with 45 Commando and, for the last seven years of his service he was at I.T.C.R.M. Lypstone where he was a "leader supervising the re-building of the "new" Lympstone. Whilst there, he studied to become and Associate and later Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries.
He left the service in 1969 and worked as Administration Officer at West Sussex Fire Brigade and then with the North Thames Health Authority.
Burial Information
Additional Information
Obituary O.I.M. Volume 4 January 2004 at page 25.
Other Pictures
HMS Gambia