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Bill Stone (Royal Navy sailor)

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589:"Michael and Anne drive me to the annual re-unions of H.M.S. Newfoundland, H.M.S. Hood, and The George Cross Island Associations. At the 2005 Hood re-union I met Heinrich Kuhnt who is a survivor of the Bismarck, which sank the Hood in 1941. The President of the Association is Ted Briggs, now the only living survivor of that sinking, the other two having died since. At the Sunday church parade the Padre always encourages me to sing 'All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor!' which I do, but follow up with my favourite hymn, 'Abide with me'! I also try to attend the annual Hood memorial service at Boldre village church, near Lymington, which is usually held around the same time of the year." 721: 740: 126: 545:, to be near their daughter, Anne, son-in-law Michael and their grandchildren, Christopher and Susan who lived in Buckinghamshire. As the years passed by, Lily became more crippled by her arthritis eventually being confined to a wheelchair, however Bill said that "mentally she was always bright. I was happy that she was able to stay at home and that I was able to look after her. At that time we had a cottage hospital – Watlington Hospital – where eventually she used to go each month to give us both a rest." 108: 661: 709: 630: 697: 40: 685: 649: 673: 611:. His daughter described him as a "very determined character a man of great faith and his recipe for long life was: 'Clean living, contented mind and trust in God.' His motto: 'Keep going.'" His funeral was held on 29 January 2009 at St Leonard's Church, Watlington. In September 2009, memoirs detailing Stone's experience of the two world wars were published. 764: 752: 592:
In 2006, Bill, as he was known had a fall and broke his hip at the age of 106. Due to his increasing old age, he was forced to leave Watlington, Oxfordshire and move into a retirement facility in Sindlesham, a suburb of Winnersh, which lies between Reading and Wokingham, in 2007. Stone's son-in-law,
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and his wife, Margaret, who lived in the village, said to me 'William, you are to sit with us now.' As I got to know them better I found out that Lady Mogg's sister, Sarah MacKinnon, had been married to a naval man. He had, in fact, been Flag Lieutenant to Admiral
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Dunkirk was the worst experience of my life ... I saw hundreds of people killed in front of me. Some had no clothes on and were shot and bombed as they swam out to boats. There were oil tanks burning, ships sinking and hundreds of soldiers lined up on the
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The following is a list of the seagoing vessels on which Stone served. At various times he was posted to shore establishments for training or other duties. Smaller vessels were also officially assigned to a depot ship.
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on his 18th birthday. Two of his older brothers had already joined the navy, and a third was in the army. He had first tried to join up at the age of fifteen, walking three miles from where he was working on a farm, to
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and should not be worn on formal occasions. However it is usual to wear official medals on the left chest lapel and have unofficial medals form a second row underneath. Bill Stone wore his medals in this manner.
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On 11 November 2008, Stone along with fellow veterans, Henry Allingham and Harry Patch laid commemorative wreaths at the Cenotaph in London to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the end of the First World War.
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The first record of his naval service describes him as being 5 feet 5.5 inches (1.664 m) tall, with a 32.5 in (83 cm) chest, brown hair and blue eyes, and his prior occupation as
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during the 1920s, including a round-the-world "Empire Cruise" showing the flag in British colonies from 1922 to 1924. By the outbreak of the Second World War he was Chief Stoker of the
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William married Lily Margaret E Hoskin (1908-1995) in Kingsbridge in June 1938 . The marriage lasted fifty-seven years until Lily's death in 1995. The couple had one daughter Anne.
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Stone received many medals in his 27-year career in the Navy. These included campaign medals and commemorative medals issued on anniversaries and commemorations.
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Lily died in 1995, aged eighty-seven, leaving Bill a widower. The local community looked after him. "On my first Sunday at church following her death General
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He retired in 1968 at the age of sixty-seven. By 1986 Lily's health began to decline, diagnosed with critical arthritis, the couple temporarily moved into
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Following the end of the Second World War in 1945, Stone left the Navy and ran his own barber's shop, where he also sold cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
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making five shuttle trips and picking up over a 1,000 men from the beaches. He later described his experience there for the
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of the Broke in H.M.S. Carlisle at the same time as I had served in that ship on the Africa Station back in 1936!"
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Anne married Michael J Davidson in Kensington, London in 1967. The couple had two children: Christopher and Susan.
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Hero of the fleet : two World Wars, one extraordinary life : the memoirs of centenarian
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The Dunkirk and 50th Anniversary Russian commemorative medals are not officially recognised by
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GRO Marriage Index, DAVIDSON, Michael J; STONE, Apr-May-Jun 1967, Kensington, vol. 5c, p. 1225
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In 2005, Stone became Fox FM's Local Hero and Central Television's Personality of the Year.
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shortly after the end of the First World War, before serving on a number of ships including
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Bill Stone obituary, illustrated with him wearing his medals (Mirror website)
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GRO, Birth Index, STONE, Anne M, Jul-Aug-Sep 1939, Weymouth, vol. 5a, p. 559
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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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survivor and veteran Ted Briggs (pictured together below). Bill commented:
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Michael Davidson issued a statement about his father-in-law's condition:
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on 21 December 1943 for his service on this occasion. He served with the
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Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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Bill Stone photographed in Watlington, Oxfordshire, November 2006.
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for qualifying service on Malta 10 June 1940 to 8 September 1943
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Stone died on 10 January 2009 at Lord Harris Court Care Home in
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HMS Salamander at Dunkirk (Halcyon Class minesweeper website)
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when he left the navy in 1945. After the war, he ran his own
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for details of campaign and commemorative medals awarded
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World War I veteran in intensive care (Oxford Mail)
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On her he participated in the evacuation of 745:Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal 537:in Paignton, before a more permanent move to 1396: 1394: 1392: 1359: 1357: 1060: 1024: 560:He attended the sixtieth anniversary of the 1317: 949: 904:List of last surviving World War I veterans 784:for Veterans of the Dunkirk Evacuation 1940 139:23 September 1918 – 18 September 1945 637:for the First World War 1914-1920 campaign 568:which disbanded after this commemoration. 38: 16:For other people named William Stone, see 1389: 1354: 704:for the Second World War 1939-45 campaign 692:for the Second World War 1943-45 campaign 307:Stone was serving on the minesweeper HMS 289:on his 18th birthday. He served on board 1097: 992: 1214: 326:in London. He died on 10 January 2009. 318:in 1941. 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