Stanley Rostron Horsefield
Person details
| Forename(s) | Stanley Rostron |
|---|---|
| Surname | Horsefield |
| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | Indian Army Ordnance Corps |
| Age | 22 |
| Death | Missing, presumed killed in the Fall of Singapore |
| Place of Death | Far East > Singapore |
| Date of Death | 15/02/1942 |
| Year of Entry | 1934 |
| House Letter | E |
| School Notes | - |
| Comments | Correspondence file includes a series of letters from his father to the Tutor of E Social about giving the Social a wireless or radiogram in memory of Ross Horsefield |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | |
| Prefect | - |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 22 |
| Battle | Battle of Singapore |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Memorial > Singapore |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Engineering |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
June 14 1942. Recorded as missing June 16 1946. Missing at Singapore in Feb., 1942, and now presumed killed, Stanley Rostron Horsefield, Capt., I.A.O.C. (E), (Hope's. E, 1934-38). "Ross" Horsefield is now officially presumed to have been killed during the fall of Singapore in February, 1942. On, leaving Radley, he started to study engineering, but this did not prevent him from joining the Territorials before war broke out. He was commissioned early in 1941. and was transferred to the I.A.O.C., soon afterwards being promoted captain. He was wounded in the head during the withdrawal from Malaya and was a patient in the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Singapore at the time of the surrender. When the Japanese overran the hospital, they killed many of the patients and staff who were on the ground floor, and Horsefield went down from the first floor to give help and was never seen alive again. Ross Horsefield made many firm friends who will deeply miss his cheerful companionship and charming personality, and his loss will be mourned by all who knew him. |
| Service Number | 12839 |
| Place of Birth |
