William "Bill" Stone (born 23 September, 1900) is, at age 107, one of the few surviving British veterans of the First World War. He is the last known veteran living in Britain to have served in both the First and the Second World War."

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  • William "Bill" Stone (born 23 September, 1900) is, at age 107, one of the few surviving British veterans of the First World War. He is the last known veteran living in Britain to have served in both the First and the Second World War. Stone was born in Ledstone, Devon as one of fourteen children, and enlisted into the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday, and went on to serve both as a Stoker aboard the battlecruiser HMS Tiger. He remained in the navy after the war and went on to serve as a Chief Stoker during the Second World War, where he participated in the evacuation of Dunkirk on board the Halcyon class minesweeper HMS Salamander. He was also torpedoed twice, including once while serving aboard the Crown Colony class light cruiser HMS Newfoundland. After the war, he ran his own barbers shop, where he also sold cigarettes and smoking tobacco. In 2005, he became Fox FM's Local Hero and Central Television's Personality of the Year, and only after breaking his hip in 2006, at age 106, did he leave Watlington to move into a retirement facility in 2007. (en)
  • William "Bill" Stone (born 23 September, 1900) is, at age 107, one of the few surviving British veterans of the First World War. He is the last known veteran living in Britain to have served in both the First and the Second World War. Stone was born in Ledstone, Devon as one of fourteen children, and enlisted into the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday, and went on to serve both as a Stoker aboard the battlecruiser HMS Tiger. He remained in the navy after the war and went on to serve as a Chief Stoker during the Second World War, where he participated in the evacuation of Dunkirk on board the Halcyon class minesweeper HMS Salamander. He was also torpedoed twice, including once while serving aboard the Crown Colony class light cruiser HMS Newfoundland. After the war, he ran his own barbers shop, where he also sold cigarettes and smoking tobacco. In 2005, he became Fox FM's Local Hero and Central Television's Personality of the Year, and only after breaking his hip in 2006, at age 106, did he leave Watlington to move into a retirement facility in 2007." (en)
  • William "Bill" Stone (s. 23. syyskuuta 1900) on englantilainen veteraani ensimmäisestä maailmansodasta. Stone oli yksi vanhempiensa neljästätoista lapsesta. Hän liittyi Royal Navyyn 1918, jossa pysyi ensimmäisen maailmansodan jälkeen. Hän palveli laivastossa myös toisessa maailmansodassa, jossa hän selvisi kahdesta torpedoinnista. Sodan jälkeen hän piti yllä omaa parturiyritystään, jossa hän myi myös tupakkatuotteita. Stonelle on myönnetty useita tunnustuksia, kuten Britannian sotamitali, Atlantic Star, Africa Service Medal ja Puolustusmitali. Hän on myös Kunnialegioonan jäsen ja esiintynyt julkisuudessa vielä 2000-luvulla." (fi)
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  • William "Bill" Stone (born 23 September, 1900) is, at age 107, one of the few surviving British veterans of the First World War. He is the last known veteran living in Britain to have served in both the First and the Second World War." (en)
  • William "Bill" Stone (s. 23. syyskuuta 1900) on englantilainen veteraani ensimmäisestä maailmansodasta." (fi)
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