The Association Chaplain Jim Horton , visiting Stanley in 2021 ,

Stanley enjoying his Birthday Dinner of “Fish and Chips” with his family at the Pilot Inn

The Association would like to congratulate Stanley on the occasion of his 103rd Birthday , Stanley served with 3209 Servicing Commando. He was shipped out with his unit on two US landing craft, the one carrying all their gear was bombed and sunk, while the other dropped Stan and his mates onto Gold beach on 7th June (they could not get in on 6th due to the volume of traffic)

The unit was then sent to Bény-sur-Mer to take the airfield from the Germans and set it up for the first waves of Spitfires arriving in Normandy. By 1st August, the regular servicing crews had arrived, and Stan was sent back to the UK before being shipped out to India, Thailand and then on to Burma. He was eventually demobbed in 1946.

We were contacted by Stanley’s daughter Sue Stevens on the occasion of Stanley’s 103rd birthday ,

I am pleased to report that Stan Elliss will be celebrating his 103rd birthday today together with close family, at his favourite fish and chip restaurant The Pilot Inn at Dunganess. He is still reasonably fit and mobile although time has taken its toll on the extent of his mobility. He still complains that he cannot dig up his potatoes in the garden any more. Can I please ask you to pass on Stan’s best wishes to those veterans still with us,

The last of a special generation.

Many thanks

Tony and Sue Stevens

Stanley and Sue attending D-Day 75 in Normandy