Name
William Arthur Stone
21 Nov 1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/03/1915
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3640
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
IV. A. 77.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, All Saints' Church Memorial(s), Hockerill, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
William Arthur Stone was born on 21 Nov 1889 (baptised 26 Jan 1890 at Hockerill) to William, agricultural labourer, and Francis (Fanny) Victoria (nee Trundle).
On the 1891 Census the family of parents, Clara (born 1886), Walter (born 1887) and William Arthur were living at Dunmow Road. Bishop's Stortford where his father was working as an agricultural labourer. In the 1901 Census the family of parents, Clara, Walter, William Arthur and Hilda (born 1893) were living at 6 Dunmow Road, Bishops Stortford. By 1911 the family of Parents, Clara, Bertie (born 1903) and William Arthur had moved to 11 East Road, Bishop's Stortford, and William Arthur was working as an Under Stockman on a farm.
Wartime Service
William Arthur enlisted in Hertford as a Territorial with the Hertfordshire Regiment as Private 3460, this was possibly about Sep/Oct 1914 as serial 3697 was issued on 4 Nov 1914.
Following his training he went to join 1st Battalion (with B E F since Nov 1914) on 23 Jan 1915 arriving in their positions near Givenchy on 31 Jan 1915 in a draft of 2 Officers and 195 men. By 1 Mar 1915 the Battalion had moved to Bethune and when the trenches the evenings were occupied by digging trenches (improving or extending). William Arthur was wounded during this activity, dying of his wounds on 17 Mar 1915 at the French Military & Civilian Hospital in Bethune.
Additional Information
His father William received a War Gratuity of £3 and arrears of £2 13s 10d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer, Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
