Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Bailleul Communal Cemetery (Nord) | ||
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.136 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 6A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | 1914 (Mons) Star | ||
Family :
Son of Fred Stone and Ellen Stone (nee Harvey), of Exeter; husband of Mary Ann Rhoda Stone, of 17, Weirfield Rd., Exeter.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion The Devonshire Regiment |
1st Battalion August 1914 : in Jersey. 21 August 1914 : landed at Le Havre and joined Lines of Communication Defence Troops. 14 September 1914: joined 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. 30 September 1914 : transferred to 14th Brigade, 5th Division. 12 January 1916 : transferred to 95th Brigade in same Division. Proceeded to Italy with the Division in November 1917 but returned to France on 7 April 1918. |
| Action : Winter Operations 1914-1915 |
23 November 1914 - 6 February 1915. As the armies of 1914 fought themselves to exhaustion they settled down by the end of the year to the realities of static trench warfare. During the winter, activity was mostly comprised of a series of small scale raids and attempts by the BEF to gain superiority over the battlefront. At the same time increasing numbers of Territorial battalions and replacements for the Regular battalions came into theatre and had to be trained and acclimatised to trench occupation. This period was further noted for the severity of the weather and the need to rapidly source and equip the troops with adequate winter and waterproof equipment, whilst improving the trench conditions. Miserable times.
Detail :
His death was reported and recorded in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 4th December, 1914. "DEVON SOLDIERS - KILLED AT THE FRONT - Mrs. Stone, of 2, James's-street, Exeter has received a letter from the Sergeant-Major intimating that her husband, Company Sergeant-Major Albert Stone, of the 1st Devons, has died of wounds at Ballieul. The deceased, who was 34 years of age, was wounded on November 24th, and, according to the letter referred to, passed away on the 27th, in spit oe the best medical attention. Co. Sergt.-Major Stone in 1910, when sergeant, was one of the successful machine gun team which won first and second prizes in the Salisbury Plain competition, being personally congratulated by the G.O.C. Southern Command. He was a Freemason, and a Brother of "Duke of Normandy" Lodge 245 (Jersey). To his widow and three children the greatest sympathy will be extended. The deceased was an old St. David's School boy."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Duke of Normandy No. 245 E.C. | Jersey |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
20th March 1913 | 17th April 1913 | 19th June 1913 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley