STANLEY OLIVER

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.

Born: 17th March 1903, Forest Hill, Kent.

Baptised on the 25th August 1905, at Christ Church with Saint Paul, Forest Hill, Kent, with his sister Beatrice Alice Oliver, born 17th March 1904 – family home at 52, Trilby Road, Forest Hill, Kent

Died: 9th December 1945; age: 42; died of Cachexia and Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Ipswich Isolation Hospital, Ipswich.

Residence: 1, Drake Avenue, Ipswich.

Occupation: a General Labourer.

Rank: Sergeant; Service Number: 1022847.

Regiment: Royal Artillery, 51 (The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Regiment.

Grave Reference:

U.E.170.

Ipswich New Cemetery,

Ipswich.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Thomas & Catherine Oliver; husband of Alice Beatrice Oliver, of Ipswich.

CENSUS

1911   40, Sunderland Road, Forest Hill, Kent.

Stanley was 8 years old and living with his parents & brother.

Thomas Evan Oliver, 34, a Law Costs – Draughtsman – own account, born Westminster, London.

Catherine Oliver (nee Giles), 35, born Islington, London.

Harold Thomas Oliver, 9, born Forest Hill, Kent.

Stanley’s father, Thomas Evan Oliver, died in 1928 in Forest Hill, Kent.

His mother, Catherine Oliver, died on Saturday, 28th June 1941, at her home, 45, Kynaston Road, Kent and was buried on Thursday, 3rd July, at Ladywell Cemetery.

In 1924, Colchester, Essex, Stanley married Alice Beatrice Morgan, born September 1902, Ipswich – daughter of John Morgan, a flour miller’s labourer and Alice Morgan (nee Turner).

Alice and Stanley had seven children:

Stanley Lodge Oliver, born November 1924, Colchester, Essex.

Vera Alice Oliver, born April 1926, Ipswich.

Leslie Harold Oliver, born October 1927, Ipswich.

Dorothy May Oliver, born 1931, Ipswich.

Doreen Violet Oliver, born 1932, Ipswich.

Audrey Muriel Oliver, born November 1935, Ipswich.

Denis Steven Oliver, 1940, Ipswich

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939

Stanley’s wife and children were living at their family home – 1, Drake Avenue, Ipswich.

Alice, unpaid Domestic Duties.

Stanley, a Milk Roundsman.

Vera, at School.

Leslie, at School.

Dorothy.

Doreen.

Audrey.

Stanley’s 5 year old sister, Beatrice Alice Oliver, died on Friday, 9th December 1909, at Lewisham Infirmary, from shock following burns on her face, neck, arms and left leg received (on the 8th) when trying to reach her crayons up high on the mantlepiece at the family home, 1, Loxton Road.

The 51st (Westmorland & Cumberland) Field Artillery Regiment, Territorial Army (TA) originally had two batteries, the 203rd (Cumberland) and 370th (Cumberland Yeomanry). One of the first actions for the regiment in WW2 was the Norwegian Campaign in 1940, when they were attached to the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. The campaign was a bid to stop the Germans from invading Norway and taking control of the ports. The regiment was later evacuated from Norway in June 1940, simultaneously with the evacuation at Dunkirk. They were then sent to North Africa in the Western Desert, serving with the 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) in November 1941. Taking part in the siege of Tobruk with the 9th Australian Division. Their next posting came in February 1942 in Ceylon with the 16^th Brigade. Moving again to India in 1943, joining the 70th Infantry Division, fighting alongside the long-range penetration group, the “Chindits.” After which, they fought the Japanese deep in the jungles of Burma.