Stannard
Charles and Mary Stannard
In 1884 they were living in Thwaite St George where Albert William was born
By 1897 when Herbert is born they are living in Saxham Street, Stowupland.
Albert and Herbert were killed in WW1 and are named on Stowupland’s WW1 memorial. Herbert was buried in Flanders, Albert William in Gaza.
Fanny Wilden – married a Stannard. She was paternal grandmother to local resident Margaret Rose to whom we are grateful for showing her knowledge of the Wilden and Stannard families. Fanny was the sister of Frederick Wilden who was also killed in WW1 he is buried in Cherbourg. ‘Fanny lived in Columbine Close and used to deliver babies and layout the diseased before the NHS began, she was a self-taught herbalist’ (shared by email August 2025).
We have the names of 3 Stannards from 1917. Albert and Herbert were both killed in action. A Prvt Frederick is the only one named on the 1917 Roll of Honour.
George Stannard in WW2 defending Stowupland DF station (Thanks to a local resident for sharing these images)
Read more about George Lefevre who travelled from Canada to Stowupland to help defend us.
In 1921 George R (b1881 in Thwaite) and Fanny Stannard (b 1884 in Stowupland) are living in Water Run Cottage with their 8 year old son George (b 1913 Mendlesham), also staying with them is 2 year old Victoria Weldon (or Wilden?). George R is a horseman on Jessie Bird’s farm.
