Stanley Edward James Hadingham

A Private with the 7th Battalion, Stanley died on 13th of October 1917 at the age of 20. 

Stanley was born at Ditchingham, Norfolk, in 1894, a son of James and Alice E. Hadingham. In 1901 they lived at Cypress Cottage, Oulton, by 1911 they were living at 4 Park Road Cottages, Rock Estate, Oulton Broad, and Stanley worked as a carter. Later in 1911 he began work as a general labourer for the Great Eastern Railway at Lowestoft. 

Stanley enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft in early September 1914. He was on one of a number of Lowestoft men who had volunteered to join the Army and who enlisted into 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). The 7th Battalion was part of the 18th (Eastern) Division and was based in the Colchester area during the first few months of its formation. Stanley arrived in France on 28 July 1915 with the 7th Battalion.

Stanley was wounded and his name appears in the official casualty list dated 4 February 1916. 

On 10 October 1917 the 7th Battalion moved into positions at Poelcapelle. On 12 October they were involved in a significant attack on the German lines which continued into the next day. The attack failed and the Battalion casualties were 10 officers and 375 men killed, wounded or missing. Stanley was killed in action.