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Stone Robert Claude Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21524

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SKR/DAT/IP/21524
Title
Stone Robert Claude Lieut
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: Stone;

Forename(s): Robert Claude;

Initials: RC;

Rank: Lieut;

Resided in: Newton-le-Willows;

Previous Battalion: 29 of;

Previous Regiment: Can Inf;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 12 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 12 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 219 Coy;

Date abroad: 20-Nov-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 08-Apr-1917;

Other Data: disch to Commsn 3 R Lanc Regt, Mar 1915
joined 12 Coy 3/2/1916
219 Coy War Diary - "2 I/C, Lt RC Stone, killed by shell whilst walking through Holnon"
Rugby School Register Vol IV - PORTRAIT etc
War Illustrated Vol X, p 3584 - Portrait.
Newton Park, Newton-le-Willows, Lancs;

Other Notes: STONE, Lieutenant, R C, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.) attd. 9th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 8th April 1917. Son of Mrs. Stone, of Newton Park, Newton-le-Willows, Yorks. I. A. 14. Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon - Aisne, France.

NB: Correct unit 219 Coy MGC - 9 Bn MGC not formed until March 1918;

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Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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