Dennis Wilfred Stone
Memorial: Bitton - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Trooper 7952967
Parents: Arthur and Florence Kate Stone
Home address: Warmley, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Junior clerk in cardboard box factory
Date of birth: 11/11/1922
Date of death: 18/07/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Initially buried in Mannville he was transferred in 1945 and re-buried in Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France. He is commemorated on St Mary’s Church War Memorial Bitton
Age: 21
Further information:
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, British Army.
Dennis was the son of a window cleaner and had one younger sister, Cecelia. He died on the first day of operation Goodwood which was a British offensive and part of the Battle of Normandy, that took place between the 18th and 20th July 1944. It was a success with the armoured divisions breaking through the outer German defences around Caen. It was reputed to be the largest tank battle that the British Army had ever fought. The message on his gravestone reads “He died that we might live. So good, so young, so missed, so loved. Betty”
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/bittonwm.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Goodwood