Name
Aylmer Geoffrey Stacey
18 Nov 1885
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/10/1915
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Marine Light Infantry
H.M.S. "Minerva."
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
C. 72.
Egypt
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Aylmer Geoffrey Stacey was born in Kensington, the youngest son of William John Stacey (Assistant Director, Army Contracts War Office) and Florence Stacey (nee Formby).
He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and Aldenham School.
In Sep 1904 He joined Royal Marines Light Infantry as 2nd Lieutenant and went to Royal Naval College, Greenwich until 1906. In July 1905 he was made Lieutenant (RMLI). With spells ashore at his home posting of Chatham, he saw service on HM Ships Cochrane, Venus, Bulwark, Hannibal, and Cornwallis (1912). In July 1914 He was aboard HMS Vengeance (a Pre-Dreadnought Battleship) as part of the Home Fleet, Channel Squadron based at the Nore.
Wartime Service
Shortly after the outbreak of war in Aug 1914 he transferred HMS Prince George (we believe this photograph was take while serving on this ship), another Home Fleet Pre –Dreadnought, which was in March 1915 was detached to cover the Dardanelles and the Gallipoli Campaign (During this period he was in command ashore for 3 weeks of Marines guarding baggage stored on the beaches). A transfer to HMS Minerva, a cruiser (Suez Canal Defences, Egypt), came in Jun 1915. He was promoted to Captain (RMLI) in Sep 1915.
He died 4 Oct 1915, the result of exhaustion leading to heart failure, following an incident in the Suez Canal where being in the water for some time he supported and assisted non-swimmers from a motor boat which had been run down by SS Tremeadow.
Additional Information
Please note that there is additional information and photographs on the website https://sites.google.com/view/jamesplumptonww1navy/cdr-james-plumpton-introduction which is dedicated to James Plumpton and they would have know each other.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James, Charles Langran
