STONE, Cecil Victor

Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France

Credit: Gary Newman

Private

8th Battalion

Berkshire Regiment

Cecil was born 1900 in Newport to Daniel & Elizabeth (nee DEWNER) STONE who were living at 106 Hunnyhill in Newport around the time of Cecil’s death.

Cecil, aged 18, was Accidently Killed on the 5th of September 1918 by a British shell exploding as he detrained on first arrival in France. He is buried at Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription, chosen by his Father, “THERE'S A LINK DEATH CANNOT SEVER LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LIVE FOR EVER”. Cecil rests alongside 410 of his First World War comrades, 73 of whom remain unidentified.

Cecil is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.