Current Information:

Born-St Pancras

Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire

John Stone died from wounds on 19th October, 1914, after having been brought back to the United Kingdom but as yet, there is no information, as to when and where he was wounded. The 1st Dorset battalion was part of 15 Brigade, 5th Division that had arrived in France at the beginning of the war in August, 1914 and had then been involved in most of the fighting during the first two months of fighting including the battles fought at Mons, Le Cateau, on the Marne and on the  Aisne.