Hero of the Fleet: Two World Wars, One Extraordinary Life --The Memoirs of Centenarian William Stone

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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 existence.

As time passed, he became one of a dwindling...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1845965892

ISBN13:9781845965891

Release Date:June 2010

Publisher:Mainstream Publishing

Length:256 Pages

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Hero of the Fleet: Two World Wars, One Extraordinary Life --The Memoirs of Centenarian William Stone

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