Hero of the Fleet
William Stone died on 10 January 2009 aged 108. He received a hero''s funeral. Born in rural Devon, he joined the navy during the First World War, travelled the globe just before the British Empire''s light began to fade and saw action in some of the most significant sea battles of the Second World War. Afterwards, he returned to Devon to run a barber''s shop, an altogether more peaceable existenc...
William Stone died on 10 January 2009 aged 108. He received a hero''s funeral. Born in rural Devon, he joined the navy during the First World War, travelled the globe just before the British Empire''s light began to fade and saw action in some of the most significant sea battles of the Second World War. Afterwards, he returned to Devon to run a barber''s shop, an altogether more peaceable existenc...
