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Charles Bernard Stone was born on 28th February 1914 (Clapham, Lambeth) and died 23rd June 1996 (Wincanton).

He became an ‘Articled Pupil’ to Mr. Ewart S. Andrews (Consulting Engineer) - attending evening classes at Battersea Polytechnic to study for a B.Sc., Engineering (1930 to 1933) - before joining his office in High Holborn, London as an Assistant Structural Engineer (1933). He joined London Transport (1936), C.W. Glover and Partners (1937) and then R. Travers Morgan (1938).

He enlisted in the Territorial Army in 1937 and was Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers (20 December 1939).

After spells with 220nd Field Company, R.E. (as 2nd Lieut., and then Lieut.) and 262nd Field Company, R.E. (as Captain) he moved to be Adjutant, H.Q. 12 Corps Troops (as Captain, and then Major) before being appointed as O.C., 262nd Field Company (28 December 1943).

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) for gallantry on D-Day (London Gazette, 31 August 1944). Sick, he returned to the U.K. (25 December 1944). He was eventually posted to NPS Tiger Force and subsequently CE North Midland District; and released (31 January 1946).

Post-war, Major Stone joined Andrews, Kent and Stone as a Partner (1946) and was later President of the Institution of Structural Engineers (1969 to 1970). He was awarded a C.B.E. (Civil Division) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, 1973.

In response to the high alumina cement concrete crisis in buildings – and advice to local authorities issued in April 1975 - the Department of the Environment appointed Mr. Stone to the Chairmanship of a special sub-committee (the “Stone Committee”) of the Building Regulations Advisory Committee (B.R.A.C.) to recommend criteria to be used in checking the adequacy of buildings containing high alumina cement concrete structural members, and to determine which categories of such buildings need not be appraised.