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                            Corporal 
                            Leslie Robert Stanley 
                              
                            Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 
                            1/5th Bn. 
                              
                            Japanese POW 
                            Captured Singapore 
                              
                            Died 
                            Age 26  
                            September 12th 1944 
                            Died when the Rukuyu Maru was torpedoed and sunk by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am, Lat 18.0 N Lon 114.0E. Those who died also included Brig. Varley (Aus.) Col.Harry Melton (USA). Gp.Cap. J.W.c. Moore 
                              
                            Loved Ones 
                            Son of Robert and Florence Stanley 
                            Husband of Madge Stanley, of Netherfield, Nottinghamshire. 
                            Brother to William ,  Kenneth, Dennis and Florence Beryl Burton (Stanley). 
                            Uncle to Alan, Paul, Karen, Carol, Janet, Julie and Gail.  
                              
                            Memorial 
                            Column 70. 
                            SINGAPORE MEMORIAL 
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