BORN HULL 04/10/1897. YOUNGEST SON OF FRED COLLEY (1865-1947) & ROSE ELLEN SHEARSMITH (1868-1917), OF 46 WATERLOO STREET, HULL, AND 21 PRINCES AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. THEY LIVED AT 46 WATERLOO STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HIS FIANCEE, IDA, LIVED AT 7 GROVE STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL.
21 PRINCES AVENUE WAS STANLEY’S ARMY RECORD’S ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A TYPEWRITER MECHANIC.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, AGED 18 YEARS, ON 31/06/1916. HIS MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL, WEIGHING 119 LBS, 36 INCH CHEST AND ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 27637 OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. SENT TO FRANCE ON 21/01/1917. PROMOTED CORPORAL ON 12/08/1917. KILLED IN ACTION ON 15/10/1917, AGED 20. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER A WIDOWER.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/10/1917. STANLEY COLLEY’S NAME IS LISTED ON THE CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS BROTHER, WILFRED COLLEY WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 3/05/1915. HIS OTHER BROTHERS ALBERT, FRED AND ALFRED ALSO SERVED. STANLEY COLLEY’S NAME IS LISTED ON THE CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR.
