Name
Louis Charles Stone
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/02/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
5234
Royal Field Artillery
"B" Battery, 73rd Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
P. VI. K. 10A.
France
Headstone Inscription
Until the dawn breaks
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the High Wych Memorial, Not on the Sawbridgeworth memorials
Pre War
He was born in Paddington on 9th January 1893 to Louis and Annie Stone.
Prior to the War, in 1911, he was listed as a Cheese Makers Assistant.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Lambeth during the summer of 1915, embarking for France in the November of that Year.
He married Emily Florence Morris. of 30 Knight St., Sawbridgeworth, Herts., at St Mary, Paddington on 2nd April 1916. (presumably being granted official leave for the event). They had two children. Gladys Emily on 13th June 1916 and Louis Arthur on 26th May 1918, both born in Paddington. Although Emily was born in Woolwich, her father Charles Rochester Morris was originally from Sawbridgeworth and indeed returned there later in life.
He was to serve with ‘B’ Battery, 73rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery which was a Howitzer unit.
Louis’ date of death is given as 12 February 1918. The cause of his death is unknown but was probably German counter battery fire. He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. He was aged 25.
Additional Information
His headstone reads “Until the dawn breaks”, as requested by his wife. There seems to be no evidence that Louis ever lived in Sawbridgeworth and Emily must have moved there after the birth of young Louis.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Graham Parish
