Photo: World War 1 veteran William Stone, then 103, smiles during a ceremony on the 90th anniversary of the beginning of World War One at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, August 2004. Stone, one of just four surviving British veterans of World War I, died over the weekend at the age of 108, the Ministry of Defence said Monday. (AFP/Carl de Souza)From Yahoo News/AP:
LONDON (AFP) – William Stone, one of just four surviving British veterans of World War I, died over the weekend at the age of 108, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.
Stone served 27 years with Britain's Royal Navy, spanning both world wars, and passed away peacefully on Saturday, the HMS Hood Association, the veterans' grouping of one of the ships he served on, confirmed on its website.
Born September 23, 1900, Stone first tried to join the Royal Navy aged just 15, but his father refused to sign off on the attempt because he already had three elder sons serving in the military.
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For another centenarian veteran, visit my photo album tribute to now deceased:
'Navy Centenarian Sailor', 103 year old, former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Radioman (ACRM, Combat Aircrewman), later wartime commissioned Chief Warrant Officer Julio 'Jay' Ereneta, U. S. Navy (Ret.), thirty year career veteran of World War One and World War Two. First flew aircrewman in August 1922. Flew in air squadrons of the Navy's first aircraft carriers, USS LANGLEY (CV-1) and USS LEXINGTON (CV-2).
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