Henry Joseph Stone
Memorial: Frampton Cotterell - St. Peter’s Church
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Serjeant 14850
Parents: Albert James and Georgiana Stone (nee Screen)
Home address: Church Road, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Stoker on a loco at the colliery in 1911
Date of birth: 1890
Place of birth: Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Date of death: 13/05/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Arras Memorial, France (Ref: Bay 5)
Age: 27
Further information:
Henry Joseph Stone was born in 1890 in Frampton Cotterell, to parents Albert James and Georgiana Stone (nee Screen), he was brother to Arthur, Robert, Sidney, Victor, Caroline (Bessie), Edward and Reginald. Their father was born in Westerleigh and worked as a blacksmith. Henry was working as a stoker on a loco at the colliery in 1911
Five boys of the Stone family fought in the war. Four were wounded including Reginald who died in Bath Hospital in 1922
Henry served with the 7th Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Cambrai on the 13th May 1917 at the age of 27. Henry was awarded the British War, Victory and 1914-15 Star medals
Henry Joseph Stone is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France (Ref: Bay 5). He is also remembered on the St Peter’s Church War Memorial in Frampton Cotterell and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Frampton Cotterell
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and Glosgen.co.uk