Talk:Bill Stone (Royal Navy sailor)

Meeting Stone
I had the great honour of meeting William on the 23rd June 2006 as my capacity as the Mayor of High Wycombe. I invited him to the Mayors Parlour after hearing about his exploits from a fellow war veteran & decided that I must meet him! William will be 106 on the 23rd September 2006!!

I could not believe just how fit and also mentally active he was, yet alone believe that he would be a day over 60!

He very kindly gave me a list of his medals and details of the ships that he sailed with from 1918 to 1945.

Hayday 18:33, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Death?
The source page for his date of death - http://www.hmshood.com/crew/biography/wfstone_bio.htm - has him dying in 2008 (which is obviously not correct as he was out and about on remembrance day 2008) and I can't find any other reference to his death on 10 Jan 2009 or otherwise, so I don't think this is reliable.
 * I've removed the recent death template pending a decent news source of his deathKernel Saunters (talk) 15:18, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Seeing as the page was updated on 11 January 2009, it's pretty safe to say that '2008' was just a typo. SiameseTurtle (talk) 18:22, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Better safe than sorry, happy we have good sources now Kernel Saunters (talk) 23:18, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

War Medals
I understand that the list of medals has been supplied by the user Hayday. However I've noticed from recent photographs that he isn't wearing the 1914-1918 victory medal, and upon closer inspection I have found on the HMS Hood page a list of medals, which the main article now cites.

For reference though, he is wearing the following medals, from left-to-right, from top-to-bottom, in the photo to be found on the article here http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/13/ww1-veteran-bill-stone-dies-at-108-115875-21037215

British Empire Campaign Medals

British War Medal, for the First World War 1914-1920 campaign

British Commonwealth Campaign Medals

1939-1945 Star, for the Second World War campaign

Atlantic Star (with clasp), for the Second World War Battle of the Atlantic campaign (clasp denotes entitlement to the 'France and Germany Star')

Africa Star, for the Second World War Africa 1940-43 campaign

Italy Star, for the Second World War 1943-45 campaign

Defence Medal, for the Second World War 1939-45 campaign

War Medal 1939-1945 (with Oak Leaf), for the Second World War 1939-45 campaign (Oak Leaf signifying a mention in dispatches)

Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, for 15 years or longer service with the Royal Navy

Commemorative Medals

Malta George Cross 50th Anniversary Medal, for qualifying service on Malta 10th June 1940 to 8th September 1943

Russian Convoy Medal 1939-1945, 40th anniversary medal for ex-servicemen awarded by Russia

Dunkirk Medal, for veterans of the Dunkirk evacuation 1940

Russian Convoy Medal 1939-1945, 50th anniversary medal for ex-servicemen awarded by Russia

The lower-most emblem is the Artic Emblem, but I can't make out the others clearly.

As an interesting aside the Russian Convoy 50th anniversary medal isn't officially recognised if worn.

RichyBoy (talk) 03:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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