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View Tree for Donald Stanley PopeDonald Stanley Pope (b. 10 Mar 1922, d. 26 May 2000)


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Donald Stanley Pope (son of Herbert Walter Pope and Flora Gwendolen Motron)64 was born 10 Mar 1922 in 48 Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex, and died 26 May 2000 in Salvington Lodge, Worthing, West Sussex. He married Jean Margaret Dewson on 27 Jul 1946 in Worthing, West Sussex, daughter of Harry Wigfall Dewson and Barbara Winney Kathleen Smeaton.

 Includes NotesNotes for Donald Stanley Pope:
The second son of Herbert & Flora, attended Worthing High School for Boys until the late-1930's. When WW2 started, he joined up as the Home Guard in Broadwater, before joining the Royal Navy in 1941, serving on HMS Nelson. Don took an officers' commission at King Alfred Training School in Hove and served on HMAS Saltarello, a converted trawler on mine sweeping duties, as Lieutenant DS Pope, RNVR, in the Med until the war ended.

After the war, he joined Barclays Bank as a clerk, working his way up to Manager in the 1960s. He enjoyed singing and performing with Worthing Operatic and Musical Comedy Societies. He retired in 1980, and lived quietly gardening and reading history books until he died of a brain tumour in May 2000, aged 78. Cremated at Worthing Crematorium and had his ashes scattered by Angela, Jean and Jon on Cissbury Ring in July 2000.

Liked whisky, white wine and roast beef, plus the occasional pipe, although he gave it up when he was in his early 70s.

More About Donald Stanley Pope:
Date born 2: 10 Mar 192264
Died 2: May 2000, West Sussex.64

More About Donald Stanley Pope and Jean Margaret Dewson:
Marriage: 27 Jul 1946, Worthing, West Sussex.

Children of Donald Stanley Pope and Jean Margaret Dewson are:
  1. +Jonathan Bruce Pope, b. 04 Oct 1962, Worthing, West Sussex.
  2. Phillip James Michael Pope, b. 20 May 1947, Worthing, West Sussex.
  3. David Malcolm Pope, b. 31 Jul 1948, Worthing Hospital, Worthing, West Sussex, d. 13 May 1968, Honeywood, Bramble Lane, Worthing, West Sussex.
  4. Angela Juliette Pope, b. 01 Sep 1955, Worthing, West Sussex.
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