STANLEY HORACE MORTIMER
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Images courtesy of the Woodard family.
Born: 1920, Ipswich.
Died on or since: 7th November 1945; age: 25; while carrying out a navigation exercise over the North Sea, from which the Lancaster failed to return.
Residence: 46, Norwich Road, Ipswich.
Based at: R.A.F. Station Thornaby, North Riding of Yorkshire.
Rank: Flight Sergeant; Service Number: 1272181.
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 279 Squadron.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 272,
Englefield Green,
Surrey.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Clarence Stanley Mortimer & May Mortimer, of Ipswich.
Father: Clarence Stanley Mortimer, born 1888, Ipswich. A Fish Merchant.
Mother: May Mortimer (nee Thompson), born 1893, Norwich, Norfolk.
CENSUS
1921 168, Cemetery Road, Ipswich.
Stanley was 17 months old and lived with his parents and sisters.
Clarence Mortimer, 33 years old, a Fish and Potato Merchant – employer, of Derby Road, Ipswich.
May Mortimer, 28 years & 1 month old, an Assistant in Mortimer’s Fish and Potato Saloons.
Irene Ethel Mortimer, 10 years & 2 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
Emily Beatrice Mortimer, 8 years old, at School, born Ipswich.
1 female general domestic servant.
ENGLAND & WALES Register 1939.
Stanley was living with his parents & siblings at their family home – 46, Norwich Road, Ipswich.
Clarence, a Fish Merchant.
May, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Sybil M. Mortimer, born 1922, Ipswich.
Barbara Joyce Mortimer, a Greengrocer Shop Assistant, born May 1924, Ipswich.
Augustus D. Mortimer, born 1926, Ipswich.
Pearl V. Mortimer, born 1931, Ipswich.
Probate to Clarence Stanley Mortimer – father.
7th November 1945
Aircraft: Avro Lancaster; Serial number: PB431; Code: RL-F. Reported missing on a navex (navigational exercise) over the North Sea.
Fellow Crew:
David Anderson; Flight Sergeant; age: 20; Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Charles Eric Ferdinand Blake; Flight Sergeant; Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Evelyn Edward William King; Flight Sergeant; age: 21; Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Donald Charles MacLean; Sergeant; age: 21; Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Kenneth William Parmenter; Flight Officer; age: 21; Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Kenneth Watson Robinson: Wireless Operator; age: 22; Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Roy William Vickers; Flight Sergeant; age: 26; Royal Air Force.
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