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Surname: DUFFILL
Forename(s): Stanley Spence
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 41326
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Leicestershire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 21st Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-11-13
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. A. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: BELGRADE CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Stanley Spence Duffill was the son of William and Elizabeth Duffill, née Spence. William was born at either East or West Morton and Elizabeth at Cononley, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: Canal Yard - Stanley S. Duffin [sic], aged 2 years, son of William and Elizabeth Duffin.
1911 Lothersdale, Yorkshire Census: Rook Street - Stanley Spence Duffill, aged 12 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of William and Elizabeth Duffill.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Stanley S. Duffill, 41326, Leic. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Stanley Spence Duffill, 41326, 6/Leic. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Stanley Spence Duffill, 41326, 6 Leicester. Date and Place of Death: 13.11.18. P. of W. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Elizabeth. £31 0s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Stanley. Name(s) on card(s): Particulars of Claimant: Mrs Elizabeth Duffill, born 1868. Relationship: Mother. Deceased. Address: 13, Wighill Street, Holmfield, Sutton-in-Craven. Claimant: William Duffill. Relationship to Man. Father. Address: 3, Butterfield Homes, Crosshills, Nr Keighley, Yorkshire.
1914-1918 – Prisoners of the First World War – ICRC Historical Archives: Card(s) exist for Stanley. The card states that Stanley was taken prisoner at Epehy, France, 22.3.18.
Stanley was a church bell ringer and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour of The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
The above photograph of Stanley is included in the book: 'The Tigers – 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th (Service) Battalions of the Leicestershire Regiment' by Matthew Richardson (2000).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Stanley Spence DUFFILL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Leicestershire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division
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10 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Private Stanley S. Duffill, Leicestershire Regiment, whose home is at Holme Bridge, Sutton, has been wounded and is a prisoner of war in Germany.
24 October 1919
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – Death of Private S. S. Duffill
Another name has been added to the list of illustrious dead from the Parish of Sutton, who have fallen in the great war. Mr. and Mrs. Duffill, of Holmfield, Sutton, have received the sad news that their son, Private Stanley Spence Duffill, died at Namur in November last, whilst a prisoner in German hands, and was buried in the cemetery there on the 13th November last. The notification, which is from the War Office, states that Private Duffill, who was in the 6th Leicester Regiment, died of influenza. He was one of our brave lads who was taken prisoner when the Huns made the big push on 24th March, 1918. He was 20 years of age.
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17 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Sutton Prisoner of War
Mr. and Mrs. Duffill, of Holme Bridge, Sutton, have received a post-card from their son, Pte. Stanley S. Dufill, of the Leicestershire Regiment, stating that he is wounded and a prisoner of war in Germany.
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