Individual Details
John Oswald Stainthorp
(29 January 1915 - 13 February 1941)
Events
| Birth | 29 January 1915 | Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Census | 19 June 1921 | 59, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |  | ||
| Residence | 29 September 1939 | at the time of the 1939 register - 57, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Residence | Bef 13 February 1941 | at the time of his death - 57, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |||
| Military | Bef 13 February 1941 | third officer, Merchant Navy (M.V. ''Clea'') | |||
| Death | 13 February 1941 | at sea (60° 25' N, 17° 10' W) |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | Aft 13 February 1941 | was commemorated on a war memorial - Tower Hill Memorial, London, England | |||
| Probate | 31 August 1942 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
Families
| Father | Joseph Wood (otherwise Joseph Stainthorp) (1888 - 1920) |
| Mother | Florence Clasper [Stainthorp] (1890 - 1977) |
| Sibling | Joseph Charles Stainthorp (1913 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Marjory Stainthorp (1918 - 2004) |
Notes
Death
Merchant Navy motor tanker the M.V. ''Clea'' was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-96 on 13 February 1941 in the North Atlantic, with the loss of all 59 hands including Third Officer John Oswald Stainthorp, aged 26. U-96 was the inspiration for author Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel ''Das Boot'' and the subsequent film.Endnotes
1. 1921 Census: England, Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, enumeration district 25, schedule number 106, Florence Stainthorp [household]; image copy, "1921 Census Of England & Wales", database with digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1921%2FRG15%2F25384%2F0213%2F01 : accessed 18 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 15, piece 25384.
2. 1939 National Registration: England and Wales, Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B., enumeration district GALO, schedule number 148, Florence Stainthorp [household]; image copy, "1939 Register", database with digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FR39%2F2924%2F2924B%2F011%2F11 : accessed 18 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 101, piece 2924B.