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Identity
Person No.
23172
Service No.
6543
Last Name
First Name
Ian Stanley
Initials
I S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of David Stanley and Ada Dorothy Simpson, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Pietermaritzburg. His brother also died in service

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): SIMPSON, Ian Stanley (Son of David & Ada Simpson of 27 Montcalm Road, Morningside, Durban; previously of Kilburn Avenue, Musgrave, Durban.) (McDonald Road Primary; DPHS 1928 - 1932; Durban High School 1933 - 1936; admin #5416; Natal University College.) 6543 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born PMB 25/8/1918; worked for the Durban Municipality before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Gazala, Libya. (Body never recovered / grave lost.) (His brother Trevor James Simpson also died in WWII) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on & the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban Municipality (in the City Hall); the Lambert Road Baptist Church, Durban; the Durban High School; the Natal University College & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 07/06/1942 G54B-N6M 24

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