Another British Hero gone! R.I.P.

[Rocky Balboa]

R.I.P. Mr William Stone.

Thank you for the service and sacrifice you made to preserve our freedom! You, like the rest will never be forgotten!

The last of our brave soldiers to fight in both World Wars, there are only 2 surviving British WW1 veterans left now!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaign...

Edited by Rocky Balboa on Friday 30th January 10:18

Edited by Rocky Balboa on Friday 30th January 10:21

[blindswelledrat]

I don't know him, but sorry for your loss.

[crofty1984]

Saw this at Heathrow. RIP.

[Hoppy2008]

blindswelledrat said:

I don't know him, but sorry for your loss.

Can you at least start looking for new material?

ETA: RIP

Edited by Hoppy2008 on Friday 30th January 10:29

[Carreauchompeur]

What a good innings for Bill. RIP.

The Sun said:

Michael said: “Bill loved the ladies and on meeting them invariably asked for a kiss.” He added that when the Queen met him once in later life and asked how he was feeling, he quipped: “With both hands!”

[Martial Arts Man]

RIP Sir.

Your sacrifice on my behalf and that of my loved ones will never be forgotten.


MAM

[Puff Puff]

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

[Martial Arts Man]

Puff Puff said:

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

Are you kiding?

Do you have any knowledge on the conditions braved by combatants in both Great Wars?

The psychological effects? The prisoner of war camps? Japanese torture? To name but a few.....


Please go away and read up on this subject...


MAM

[Swilly]

Puff Puff said:

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

I imagine anyone who goes to war sacrifices something and if they come back, come back with less of themselves than they went away with !!

[Puff Puff]

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

Are you kiding?

Do you have any knowledge on the conditions braved by combatants in both Great Wars?

The psychological effects? The prisoner of war camps? Japanese torture? To name but a few.....


Please go away and read up on this subject...


MAM

No, I'm not kidding.

This thread is about one survivor, not the effects of war on those who survived, among them both my parents now in their 90s, both of whom served in the RN in WW2.

My father receives a war injury pension after his ship (HMS Kelly) was torpedoed. He reckons he's one of the lucky ones, he still talks about his oppos who died.

I've met Harry Patch, another WW1 survivor. You might want to read what he thinks about his time in the trenches.

[Martial Arts Man]

Puff Puff said:

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

Are you kiding?

Do you have any knowledge on the conditions braved by combatants in both Great Wars?

The psychological effects? The prisoner of war camps? Japanese torture? To name but a few.....


Please go away and read up on this subject...


MAM

No, I'm not kidding.

This thread is about one survivor, not the effects of war on those who survived, among them both my parents now in their 90s, both of whom served in the RN in WW2.

My father receives a war injury pension after his ship (HMS Kelly) was torpedoed. He reckons he's one of the lucky ones, he still talks about his oppos who died.

I've met Harry Patch, another WW1 survivor. You might want to read what he thinks about his time in the trenches.

So you think you father did not sacrifice anything? Experiencing a ship being torpedoed and his shipmates killed, whilst on duty for Queen and country counts as a sacrifice in my book!

My Grandfather was a POW for 3 years in insufferable conditions. I have seen the pictures of him when he was freed. I have read his diaries. Those 3 years of his life taken away was a sacrifice; let alone the horrors of captivity itself.

I think it churlish to diminish the lives of those who survived the Great Wars. Your initial post implied that sacrifices were only made by those who were killed in action or otherwise.

Perhaps you didn't mean that?


MAM

P.S. What did Harry have to say then?

[Puff Puff]

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

Are you kiding?

Do you have any knowledge on the conditions braved by combatants in both Great Wars?

The psychological effects? The prisoner of war camps? Japanese torture? To name but a few.....


Please go away and read up on this subject...


MAM

No, I'm not kidding.

This thread is about one survivor, not the effects of war on those who survived, among them both my parents now in their 90s, both of whom served in the RN in WW2.

My father receives a war injury pension after his ship (HMS Kelly) was torpedoed. He reckons he's one of the lucky ones, he still talks about his oppos who died.

I've met Harry Patch, another WW1 survivor. You might want to read what he thinks about his time in the trenches.

So you think you father did not sacrifice anything? Experiencing a ship being torpedoed and his shipmates killed, whilst on duty for Queen and country counts as a sacrifice in my book!

My Grandfather was a POW for 3 years in insufferable conditions. I have seen the pictures of him when he was freed. I have read his diaries. Those 3 years of his life taken away was a sacrifice; let alone the horrors of captivity itself.

I think it churlish to diminish the lives of those who survived the Great Wars. Your initial post implied that sacrifices were only made by those who were killed in action or otherwise.

Perhaps you didn't mean that?


MAM

P.S. What did Harry have to say then?

My Father doesn't reckon he made a sacrifice, just that he was 'in the wrong bloody place at the wrong bloody time' (his actual words).

In my first reply I wrote, "Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service..." and I don't, not that of your Grandfather, my Father, my Uncle Charlie (a tail gunner in a Halifax who was shot down and didn't return) or any other serviceman or woman.

I met Harry Patch about six or seven years ago, he was quite outspoken about what he saw as a total waste of young lives. Here are a couple of links:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3633344/'...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/200...

If you can get hold of a copy of 'The Last Fighting Tommy' I think you'll find it an absorbing read.

[Martial Arts Man]

Puff Puff said:

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

Are you kiding?

Do you have any knowledge on the conditions braved by combatants in both Great Wars?

The psychological effects? The prisoner of war camps? Japanese torture? To name but a few.....


Please go away and read up on this subject...


MAM

No, I'm not kidding.

This thread is about one survivor, not the effects of war on those who survived, among them both my parents now in their 90s, both of whom served in the RN in WW2.

My father receives a war injury pension after his ship (HMS Kelly) was torpedoed. He reckons he's one of the lucky ones, he still talks about his oppos who died.

I've met Harry Patch, another WW1 survivor. You might want to read what he thinks about his time in the trenches.

So you think you father did not sacrifice anything? Experiencing a ship being torpedoed and his shipmates killed, whilst on duty for Queen and country counts as a sacrifice in my book!

My Grandfather was a POW for 3 years in insufferable conditions. I have seen the pictures of him when he was freed. I have read his diaries. Those 3 years of his life taken away was a sacrifice; let alone the horrors of captivity itself.

I think it churlish to diminish the lives of those who survived the Great Wars. Your initial post implied that sacrifices were only made by those who were killed in action or otherwise.

Perhaps you didn't mean that?


MAM

P.S. What did Harry have to say then?

My Father doesn't reckon he made a sacrifice, just that he was 'in the wrong bloody place at the wrong bloody time' (his actual words).

In my first reply I wrote, "Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service..." and I don't, not that of your Grandfather, my Father, my Uncle Charlie (a tail gunner in a Halifax who was shot down and didn't return) or any other serviceman or woman.

I met Harry Patch about six or seven years ago, he was quite outspoken about what he saw as a total waste of young lives. Here are a couple of links:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3633344/'...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/200...

If you can get hold of a copy of 'The Last Fighting Tommy' I think you'll find it an absorbing read.

I shall acquire a copy. Thanks for the heads up.

I think your father is just being stoic; in my mind he is a hero who sacrificed a lot.


All the best

MAM

[Puff Puff]

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Martial Arts Man said:

Puff Puff said:

Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service but surely the sacrifice was made by those who didn't return?

Nonetheless, RIP CPO Stone.

Are you kiding?

Do you have any knowledge on the conditions braved by combatants in both Great Wars?

The psychological effects? The prisoner of war camps? Japanese torture? To name but a few.....


Please go away and read up on this subject...


MAM

No, I'm not kidding.

This thread is about one survivor, not the effects of war on those who survived, among them both my parents now in their 90s, both of whom served in the RN in WW2.

My father receives a war injury pension after his ship (HMS Kelly) was torpedoed. He reckons he's one of the lucky ones, he still talks about his oppos who died.

I've met Harry Patch, another WW1 survivor. You might want to read what he thinks about his time in the trenches.

So you think you father did not sacrifice anything? Experiencing a ship being torpedoed and his shipmates killed, whilst on duty for Queen and country counts as a sacrifice in my book!

My Grandfather was a POW for 3 years in insufferable conditions. I have seen the pictures of him when he was freed. I have read his diaries. Those 3 years of his life taken away was a sacrifice; let alone the horrors of captivity itself.

I think it churlish to diminish the lives of those who survived the Great Wars. Your initial post implied that sacrifices were only made by those who were killed in action or otherwise.

Perhaps you didn't mean that?


MAM

P.S. What did Harry have to say then?

My Father doesn't reckon he made a sacrifice, just that he was 'in the wrong bloody place at the wrong bloody time' (his actual words).

In my first reply I wrote, "Without wishing to belittle anyone's wartime service..." and I don't, not that of your Grandfather, my Father, my Uncle Charlie (a tail gunner in a Halifax who was shot down and didn't return) or any other serviceman or woman.

I met Harry Patch about six or seven years ago, he was quite outspoken about what he saw as a total waste of young lives. Here are a couple of links:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3633344/'...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/200...

If you can get hold of a copy of 'The Last Fighting Tommy' I think you'll find it an absorbing read.

I shall acquire a copy. Thanks for the heads up.

I think your father is just being stoic; in my mind he is a hero who sacrificed a lot.


All the best

MAM

Perhaps he is.

All the best too.