Name
George Butler Stoney (DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/10/1915
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
King’s Own Scottish Borderers
1st Bn. (Commanding)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches, Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES
Sp. Mem. 204.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 13 Aug 1877 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire son of Maj. George Ormonde Stoney (King's Own Scottish Borderers) and Mehlia Jessie (Sinclair Laing) Stoney. Educated at Haileybury College 1891-95. Served on the NW Frontier 1897-8.
Wartime Service
At the outbreak of the war the battalion was in Lucknow, India and returned to England in Dec 1914. Sailed from Avonmouth and landed in Cape Helles on 25 Apr 1915. Killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
