Stanislaus “Stanley” Warner (1918-1992) [4692599, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]

[Dave Pattern]

• born Stanislaus Warner on 6 November 1918 (Q4 1918 Prestwich née Blair)
• son of Stanislaus Warner & Janet (née Blair)
• brother of Philomena Warner (born 26 Aug 1915)
• employed as a conductor on Hanson’s buses
• initially reported missing in Norway in May 1940, later confirmed as a PoW
• married Thora Johnson in Q1 1947 Blackpool
• died 1992 (Q3 1992 Blackpool & Fylde)

Records:

• 1921 Census (FindMyPast) – 38 Amos Avenue, Newton Heath, North Manchester, Lancashire
• 1939 Register (FindMyPast) – 2 Woodside, Pymroyd, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield (bus conductor)
• PoW Questionnaire (Ancestry)

Notes:

• enlisted 16 Oct 1939
• captured 26 Apr 1940 at Kvam, Norway
• attempted to escape on 18 Feb 1943 from a farm with two others but was recaptured two days later by the local police

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Huddersfield Examiner 18 May 1940, page 3:

HUDDERSFIELD MEN IN NORWAY FIGHT

Second-Lieut. R. B. Smailes Among Missing

Alderman Thomas Smailes, of Huddersfield, Chairman of the Education and Public Library and Art Gallery Committees, has received an official intimation from the War Office that his son, Second-Lieutenant R. B. Smailes, is reported missing in Norway.

Second-Lieutenant Smailes was in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, which, with other Yorkshire regiments, distinguished themselves by their valiant stand against superior forces in Norway.

Several Huddersfield soldiers have been reported missing in Norway. They belonged to the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and were each twenty-one years of age. They are:

Private E. Harper, son of Mr. Edgar E. Harper, of Westgate, Almondbury.

Private Frank Candler, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Candler, 5a, Back Oak Row, Bradley.

Private C. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom ‘ King, 69, Northgate, Almondbury.

Private Stanley Warner, son of Mrs. Warner, 2 Woodside Cottages, Pymroyd, Milnsbridge.

Private Harper, a much respected member of Zion Methodist Church, Almondbury, joined the Army in October last. Before that he was in the employment of Messrs, W. E. Jowitt, St. John’s Road.

Private Candler, who in civil life worked for Elliott’s Bricks, Ltd., Lepton, played for Bradley United Football Club.

Private King was formerly employed by the British Dyestuffs Corporation.

Private Warner was for two years a conductor on Hanson’s buses. He joined the Army last October, and was home on leave a month ago.

Said to be Prisoner

According to a German wireless announcement, Private W. Cartwright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cartwright, of 68, Longwood Road, Longwood, is a prisoner of war. His parents had earlier received a notification from the War Office that he was missing in Norway. He is twenty-one years of age, and was in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Before going to Norway he had served in France. Second-Lieutenant Smailes was his officer.

Private Cartwright was a member of the second eleven of Dalton Cricket Club. He was employed by Messrs. David Livesey, Crowe Lane Works, Milnsbridge, before joining the Army.

Huddersfield Examiner 8 June 1940, page 6:

NEWS OF SOME LOCAL SOLDIERS

Milnsbridge Soldier a Prisoner

Private Stanley Warner, of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who had been reported missing in Norway, is a prisoner of war in Germany. His mother, Mrs. Warner, of 2 Wood Syke Cottage, Pymroyd, Milnsbridge, has received a letter from him from a prison camp. He says that he is O.K. and “in the pink” and asks that he may be sent a few cigarettes and two or three detective magazines to read. He says that he will welcome letters from his people, and that prisoners are allowed to write, roughly, once a week. Private Warner is twenty-one years of age.

Huddersfield Examiner 26 May 1945, page 7:

BACK HOME FROM PRISON CAMPS

Milnsbridge Soldier

After five years as a prisoner of war in Poland, and latterly in Germany, Private Stanley Warner (26), of 2, Wood Side Cottages, Pymroyd, Milnsbridge, has returned home.

Pte. Warner, who was taken prisoner in Norway in 1940, and had previously been reported missing, was serving in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was formerly a bus conductor employed by Messrs. Joseph Hanson and Son, Ltd., Milnsbridge.

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