Name
Horace Thomas Stone
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/08/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
70085
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
16th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN
VIII. A. 32
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans St Saviour's Church Memorial, St Albans Boundary Methodist Church, St Albans
Pre War
The son of Mr Alfred and Mrs Stone of 20 Warwick Road, St Albans.
Formerly employed at Messrs. Day's straw hat factory
Wartime Service
Killed in action.
The Herts Advertiser of November 1916 records Horace's death and provides the photograph.
The Herts Advertiser of November 1917 records Horace as 19, in the Sherwood Foresters. Enlisted in 1914, going to France in 1916 and killed in action on October 9th 1916 and formerly employed at Messrs. Day's straw hat factory.
Additional Information
His brother Lance Corporal Alfred Stone was reported as 28 in the Buffs and missing in action since 24th June 1917. However the records that fits from the CWGC is Albert Stone (regiment and date of death fits). Brothers Thomas Charles and James also served.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
