Sgt Mjr Charles Stone 1337
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Sgt Mjr Charles Stone 1337
Who?
Sgt Mjr Charles Stone 1337, the contributor's great, great grandfather.
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Sergeant-Major Charles Stone, No 1337, "C" Coy (Leigh) Essex Volunteers, M.S.M.
Sergeant Major Stone lived at 12, Victoria Road, Leigh-on-Sea. He was born in Wiltshire and went to sea after leaving school, subsequently serving 21 years with the 3rd Dragoon Guards, seeing fighting in India where he lost his first wife whilst serving. He returned to the UK/Ireland with their young children so they could be cared for by relatives. He continued to serve in Egypt and South Africa. He was awarded the M.S.M. as a W.O.1. and subsequently served in the Natal Police, twice having a hip fractured and the top of his thumb shot off.
He moved to Leigh from Clay End near Waltham, Hertfordshire in 1912. He volunteered at the outbreak as a drill instructor, joining "C" Coy (Leigh) of the Essex Volunteers, becoming C.S.M. then R.S.M. He was later appointed Recruiting Warrant Officer at Southend in June 1915.
On 13 June 1917 he was travelling to London on a Medical Board Train (to which he was attached "Engaged on Secret Duties") when he was killed by a bomb at Liverpool Street Station during an Air Raid, aged 58. At the subsequent inquest it was revealed that his body had been terribly mutilated and that he was only identified by his clothing. It was decided that he had died of shock, due to injuries of the head and neck and a composite fracture of the left thigh.
He left a son and daughter by his first wife, and two daughters by his second, and was buried in War Grave BB.47 in Leigh-on-Sea Cemetery.
Sergeant Major Stone lived at 12, Victoria Road, Leigh-on-Sea. He was born in Wiltshire and went to sea after leaving school, subsequently serving 21 years with the 3rd Dragoon Guards, seeing fighting in India where he lost his first wife whilst serving. He returned to the UK/Ireland with their young children so they could be cared for by relatives. He continued to serve in Egypt and South Africa. He was awarded the M.S.M. as a W.O.1. and subsequently served in the Natal Police, twice having a hip fractured and the top of his thumb shot off.
He moved to Leigh from Clay End near Waltham, Hertfordshire in 1912. He volunteered at the outbreak as a drill instructor, joining "C" Coy (Leigh) of the Essex Volunteers, becoming C.S.M. then R.S.M. He was later appointed Recruiting Warrant Officer at Southend in June 1915.
On 13 June 1917 he was travelling to London on a Medical Board Train (to which he was attached "Engaged on Secret Duties") when he was killed by a bomb at Liverpool Street Station during an Air Raid, aged 58. At the subsequent inquest it was revealed that his body had been terribly mutilated and that he was only identified by his clothing. It was decided that he had died of shock, due to injuries of the head and neck and a composite fracture of the left thigh.
He left a son and daughter by his first wife, and two daughters by his second, and was buried in War Grave BB.47 in Leigh-on-Sea Cemetery.
When?
1914-1917
Where?
India, Egypt, South Africa
Contributor
Diane Maskrey
This item was submitted on May 11, 2019