Hmmmm I wonder if this is his parents marriage: Name: Harry W Smith Spouse Surname: Bishop Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1924 Registration district: Uckfield Inferred County: Sussex Volume Number: 2b Page Number: 242 Name: Mabel Bishop Spouse Surname: Smith Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1924 Registration district: Uckfield Inferred County: Sussex Volume Number: 2b Page Number: 242 If so he was born soon after their marriage - 6 months later at the most TD
That's him, Alan. Against the odds, FB might have cracked it: 1890877 Stanley Gordon Smith who was a sergeant airgunner with 138 Sqn when he was brought down and made a POW. They've even dredged up an identifiable photo of him and his crew in 1943 (although he's been remembered as labelled as 'Sydney'). Apparently the medals are in the care of some solicitors so that mystery will persist for a bit.
Name: S G Smith Rank: Flight Sergeant Army Number: 1890877 Regiment: Royal Air Force : Officers & Other Ranks POW Number: 267479 Camp Type: Stalag Camp Number: 4B Camp Location: Muhlberg (Elbe), Germany Section: Royal Air Force : Officers & Other Ranks TD
In that case.....I'm out Nobody can find a match for a DFM anywhere, unless there's been a typo somewhere along the line. I've tried his service number in LG, but unless thats up the creek, there's no results. Same with Flight Global. BUT!! you never know.....
Here are some facts about Stanley Gordon Grieve Smith, servicenumber 1890877. Born: April 5th 1924. Dead: Around January 19th 2016 i Devon, UK. O.T.U. Abingdon RAF 138 Squadron Tempsford Emergency landed Dec 12th 1943 with Halifax BB378 in Denmark after a german nightfighter had attacked the aircraft. In 2015 a danish book (The Heartshaped Lake) about Halifax BB378, Stanley Gordon Grieve Smith and his crewmembers was published. A description of the emergency landing, the crew and metal detection at the crash site is here Halifax BB378 and the crew has also a Facebook-site here Smith was transferred to Stalag 4B Mühlenberg P.O.W. Camp in Germany with P.O.W. number 26747. He was a P.O.W from Dec. 30th 1943 to April 23th 1945, where the camp was liberated. We are looking for next-of-kin to the following of Stanleys crewmembers from Halifax BB378: Arthur Clement Bartter (service number 110875). Nickname "Peter" Walther Ralph Riggs (service number 1600344). P.O.W. Stalag 4B. Frederick Turvil (service number 517252). P.O.W. Stalag 4B Nicholas Anderson (service number 1546241). Nickname "Nick". P.O.W. Stalag 4B.
Thank you, Jan. I will try to get that information across to the chaps on Facebook - if I can find the post!
