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Stan
Roper (1959-1966)
Stan Roper came from three generations of Portsmouth musicians, his father owning a music shop in that city. Stan joined the Royal Marines as a boy musician at the age of 15 on 28th January 1929. During his service as a bandsman in the Royal Marines he served aboard the Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert. He was also the holder of the King George V Silver Jubilee Coronation Medal. Discharged from the Royal Marines on compassionate grounds in 1937, he applied to join the Southampton Police and was accepted. The reason Stan applied to Southampton and not to Portsmouth was because the former had a band. Invalided out of the Force after 28 years service he remained in poor health and died in February 1968.
Stan Roper came from three generations of Portsmouth musicians, his father owning a music shop in that city. Stan joined the Royal Marines as a boy musician at the age of 15 on 28th January 1929. During his service as a bandsman in the Royal Marines he served aboard the Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert. He was also the holder of the King George V Silver Jubilee Coronation Medal. Discharged from the Royal Marines on compassionate grounds in 1937, he applied to join the Southampton Police and was accepted. The reason Stan applied to Southampton and not to Portsmouth was because the former had a band. Invalided out of the Force after 28 years service he remained in poor health and died in February 1968.
