My Great-Grandfather was Chief Armourer Harry Stone, who shared the same fate as many commemorated here on that grey day.
Some photos of him here. I also have the postcards he wrote home, including one sent after the Battle of the Falklands, where he talks of rescuing oil-covered German sailors. He describes how it brought home to him that could be his fate, I hope in the end it was quick for him.
He left a huge hole in the family, echoes of which still reverberate today, so long after that tragic day.
I still have the model boat he made for his children before he left.
Tim Kerley, great grandson
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Group including Chief Armourer Stone under the guns - from the sennet hats probably pre-war
Tim Kerley, great grandson
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Group including Chief Armourer Stone under the guns - from the sennet hats, probably pre-war
Tim Kerley, great grandson
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As issued to the families of all the war dead
Tim Kerley, great grandson
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Letter from Lady Hood, widow of the Admiral, sent to families of those also killed
