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John Bolland

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I am currently researching the career of Guardsman Stanley Bolland.
Stan was my uncle & was killed in North Africa in 1941 while in the SAS.
My father is now his only surviving sibling and we are trying to discover exactly what happened to Stan in 1941.
Can anyone help?
Comments, information, links & photographs gratefully received.

Guardsman Stanley Bolland
2 Bn Scots Guards
8 Commando
L Detachment SAS
No 2696934

Many thanks,

John Bolland
 
John - My grandfathers brother Fred Senior was very good friends with Stanley Bolland. They were both Scots Guards and their regimental numbers are sequential so they must have joined up together.

I have a photograph album of Freds that has a number of photos of Stanley in North Africa during their time in 8 commando. If you check out the photos on this site you will see some of them. I have more I can send you.

I'm not sure if you know but Stanley went on to join L detachment SAS and was MIA on the famous failed parachute raids on the landing strips at Gazala and Tmimi. I think Fred was quite up set about this as in his photo album I think there is a kind of tribute to him. Stanley gets a brief mention in the book "The Originals" by Gordon Stevens.

If you PM me I can provide my e-mail address and i can send what information I have.

Best wishes,
Sam
 
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