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WESTON Stanley Valentine 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21540
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- SKR/DAT/IP/21540
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- WESTON Stanley Valentine 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: WESTON;
Forename(s): Stanley Valentine;
Initials: SV;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Previous Number: 2568;
Previous Battalion: 1/14 of;
Previous Regiment: London Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 3 Bn;
How killed: D;
Where: UK;
When killed: 18-Feb-1919;
Other Data: 2/Lt Stanley Valentine WESTON. Enlisted 31/8/1914 14 Londons and served France 10/3/1915 - 25/7/1916 (MM LG 1/9/1916 p 8659)
Commissioned 29/12/1916. 3/MGC
Died 18/2/1919 at Westgate Convalescent Home for Officers of endocarditis, cerebral embolism and acute heart failure.
NOK: (mother) Mrs Alice Weston 7 Wiverton Rd, Sydenham, London SE
(father) Charles Weston, Bethnoe House, Cambridge Rd, Bethnal Green
Brother: Reginald Charles Weston 7 Wiverton Rd
Brother: Leslie Weston as above.
Buried Beckenham Crem and Cem S7 7859;Other Notes: WESTON, Second Lieutenant, S V, MM, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 18th February 1919. S7. 7859. Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery - Kent, United Kingdom.
(NB: MM not traced in awards to MGC - see LG 1/9/1916 - 1/14 London Regt - Disk Ed.);Related National Archives files: WO339/100681;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4d49647c-e175-443a-a661-f7d9e1d8a680/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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