RICHARDSON Stanley Norman

Additional information on the memorial: Royal Navy.  Killed in action 13 November 1943. Age 19.

Stanley Richardson was born on 7th November 1924, the son of Arnold and Jessie Richardson of Wichenford, Worcestershire.  He entered Dudley House, Old Swinford Hospital on 19th June 1934.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW II published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1996.

HMS Dulverton was a Destroyer.  On 13th November 1943 she was sailing in the Aegean Sea near Kos when she came under attack and was hit by a glider bomb dropped from a German Do.217 aircraft.  The bomb struck the ship forward of the bridge, causing serious damage and starting extensive fires.  Six officers and 114 ratings were rescued before the ship was scuttled by HMS Belvoir.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 4th December 1943:
Naval Telegraphist Missing
Telegraphist Stanley Richardson, aged 19, of the Royal Navy, and second son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Richardson, of Ockeridge, Wichenford, is reported missing.
Telegraphist Richardson, who was educated at Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge, helped his father in agricultural work for Mr H. Owens, of Little Witley, before joining the Royal Navy two years ago. He was a member of the Sea Cadets and received his early training on HMS Bounty at Worcester, He has been abroad for 12 months serving on a destroyer. His elder brother, who is in the R.A.F., is serving in South Africa.

Stanley Richardson has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.