STANLEY (JOSIAH STANLEY) TAPPER
- Died: 05 Jun 1916
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: PO/16410
- Died: 05 Jun 1916
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: PO/16410
Personal
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- Surname: TAPPER
- Forename: STANLEY (JOSIAH STANLEY)
- Initials: S J
- Date of Birth: 1895
- Place of Birth: Sutton Waldron near Shaftesbury
- Place of Birth Source: 1901 Census
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- Schools attended: Cranborne Church of England School
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- Family (parents and grandparents): Fifth son of James Thorne and Emma Tapper
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- Notes: The Cranborne Church of England Schools Log Book for 1912 1929 in its entry dated 11th September 1914 under the heading “The following scholars have enlisted to fight for his King and Country in the great European War” this includes 'Stanley Tapper'. There is a second entry for Stanley dated 9th June 1916: "I regret to state that one of our late scholars Stanley Tapper was drowned on Monday". (In Death and Memorial details, [below] he was on HMS Hampshire when it was struck by a mine and sunk in a storm.)
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- Regiment at call-up: Royal Marine Light Infantry
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- Rank at call-up: Private
- Service no at call-up: PO/16410
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- Source: 1901 Census
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Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 21
- Date of death: 05 Jun 1916
- Regiment at death: Royal Marine Light Infantry
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- Rank at death: Private
- Circumstances of death: Drowned when HMS Hampshire struck mines in a severe storm of Orkney on 05 June 1916.
- Service no at death: PO/16410
- Field of action at death:
- Place of death: In the North Sea
- Location of grave: His body was never recovered.
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- Other memorials: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
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