POW, WWI Soldier receives grave marker
The dedication of a military style marker for WWI soldier, Pvt Robert Bollie Stanley, will be held Tuesday, May 7th at 11:00am at the Stanley Cemetery next to the Brierwood golf course in Shallotte. Pvt Stanley is the only known WWI POW from Brunswick County. He returned home in March 1919 with most of his right leg amputated. He married Ethel Harrison a few years later and had several children.
Allen Dunstan, a resident of Florida working temporarily for the Southport nuclear center was touched by the story about Pvt Stanley. Upon reading that Pvt Stanley's gravesite included no details of his service in WWI or his great sacrifice, Allen offered to purchase a military style flat marker for Stanley's gravesite.
The Friends of Fort Caswell Rifle Range and Brunswick Town Chapter NSDAR will participate in the dedication. The public is welcome to attend.
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