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Rflmn. William Oswald Stones
British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Kingston upon Hull
(d.25th July 1916)
William Stones did not have to go, at 36 years old, he was exempt because of his age. He enlisted at home in 1915. William was killed in 1916 in Delville Wood. He is one of the last burials in Carnoy Cemetery which was closed at the end of July 1916. In the cemetery his name was listed as Jones, then corrected in red ink to Stones.
Coincidently his great grand daughter's married name is Jones.