Frederick James Stone
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Captain
Parents: James Edwin and Harriet Stone (nee Dando)
Home address: Okuta, Hill House Road, Staple Hill, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Student and temporary Post Office Clerk
Date of birth: 19/04/1892
Place of birth: Port Melbourne, Australia
Date of death: 29/12/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Amara War Cemetery (Ref XIV.J.15.), Part II, Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq
Age: 24
Further information:
Frederick served in the 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
Although the Mangotsfield War Memorial shows Frederick as being a Lieutenant, his Medals Rolls Index Card and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission both show that at the time of his death he had attained the rank of Captain
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
The National Archives, London Gazette, Western Daily Press, Imperial War Graves Commission, Gloucestershire Regiment War Diaries, David Blackmore