Guest wrinklyone Posted 23 September , 2005 Share Posted 23 September , 2005 Please raise a glass (Nelson's blood?) to William Stone, who is a healthy 105 years old today. William is now the only veteran of both WW1(just) and WW2. He served in the Royal Navy from 1918 until 1947. William's ships included HMSs, Tiger, Hood, Chrysanthemum P40, Eagle, Harebell, Thanet, Tenedos, Carlisle, Salamander, Newfoundland. He was on duty at Scapa Flow and a generation later at Dunkirk, on Atlantic convoy, Russian convoy and Sicily landings. During this latter, HMS Newfoundland was torpedoed, and CPO Stone was MiD. They don't make'em like that any more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 23 September , 2005 Share Posted 23 September , 2005 Sandy Bottoms, William Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 24 September , 2005 Share Posted 24 September , 2005 Splice the main brace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 24 September , 2005 Share Posted 24 September , 2005 Hope he had a good birthday, I'll raise a glass tonight as missed it yesterday. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Maclean Posted 24 September , 2005 Share Posted 24 September , 2005 There's a man to share your tot with, a life at sea must have agreed with him. Pull up a bollard and tell us a sea story To your continued good health, Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essexboy68 Posted 30 September , 2005 Share Posted 30 September , 2005 Been away, so only just seen this thread................ Many happy (belated) returns to you Bill, a glass has been raised tonight, Cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Watlington Posted 4 October , 2005 Share Posted 4 October , 2005 William (Bill) Stone would like to thank all those well-wishers for their birthday greetings. For those interested he had a tea party with 90 guests of friends and families followed by a sing-song of popular songs from the wars. Following a busy year of ships re-unions, the Fleet Review at Portsmouth, he is looking forward to attending further Trafalgar celebrations at St Pauls Cathedral later this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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