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Private C W Stone

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Private Charles William Fry STONE, G/20577, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st  March 1918, age 19.

Born Brighton, Sussex, son of George William and Emily Stone, of 17, Longdown Road, Bellingham, London.

1911 Census - 9 Haverhill Road, Balham, London SW - George Stone, head, age 45, married, tailor (seller), worker, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Emily Stone, wife, age 35, married 14 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Ockenden, Essex; Rodney Stone, son, age 13, school, born Brighton, Sussex; Charles Stone, son, age 12, school, born Brighton, Sussex; Albert Stone, son, age 11, school, born Brighton, Sussex; Constance Stone, daughter, age 11, school, born Brighton, Sussex.

Enlisted Whitehall, London, SW, age 17 years & 11 months (18)., height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 120lbs.  Resided 21 Hinchcliffe Street, Westminster, SW. Formerly tailor.

Home 20th November 1916 to 28th January 1918; BEF 29th January 1918 to 28th March 1918.

20th November 1916, enlisted; 21st November 1916, to Army Reserve; 20th February 1917, mobilized & posted 97 Training Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/35007; 21st June 1917, transferred & posted 209th Infantry Reserve Battalion; 1st December 1917, posted 51st (Grad) Battalion (Middlesex Regiment); 18th December 1917, refuses dental treatment; 29th January 1918, posted BEF; 29th January 1918, embarked / disembarked; 29th January 1918, Etaples, 41 Infantry Base Depot; 31st January 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st January 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd February 1918, joined Battalion, In the Field;

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59, France.