Casualty Information

After speaking to family members, we believe Stanley (who was always known as Colin) Margrave was wounded on the Queen White sector of Sword Beach on D-Day. He was transported back to Botleys Park War Hospital in Chertsey.

Then, he was transferred to Nottingham General Hospital, and finally to Leicester hospital where he underwent an operation - but sadly died a week later.

Stanley Colin Margrave married Elsie May Wood in July 1936 in Goole and had a daughter, Elsie Dorothy Margrave.

Before the War, Colin worked at the Turner Paper Mill in Rawcliffe.

Colin's father, Henry, also served in the King's Own Scottish Borderers (S. No. 18835 - 3rd Bttn) in World War 1 and was wounded in action and gassed. In WW2 he served as a medic in the Home Guard - he lived into his 70s, never losing his military bearing. (We asked if there was a Scottish connection in the family and his daughter, Elsie stated: "There is a distant connection, apparently my Grandad's Aunt was Lady Rosemary Sinclair and the family built the castle of May where our Queen Mother spent a lot of her years.")

His brother, Gilbert Arthur Margrave, and his cousin, Les, also served and are pictured here returning home from the war on the SS Princess Kathleen.

Colin Margrave is remembered in a book with the details of all the men from Rawcliffe who died in WW1 and WW2, as well as on the local memorial near the Railway Station, and in the Remembrance Book in Edinburgh Castle.

His daughter Dorothy (Elsie), told us that all three of her daughters went to Highland Dance training and the Leeds Pipe Band played for them.

She also said her favourite pipe tune was Highland Cathedral

Huge thanks go to Dorothy and Annmarie for allowing us to share this information about their family members.