Background
He was born in Blackheath, London.
He was born in Blackheath, London.
Stone was educated at Harrow School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Born on 7 December 1891 to Edward and Emily Frances Stone, of Blackheath, London. As a 25-year-old, he was an Acting Captain in the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, British Army, attached 17th (Service) Battalion during the First World War. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 30 November 1917 in the Cambrai Sector, France, which led to his death.
There is a memorial to Walter Napleton Stone in Greenwich Cemetery, south-east London.
About thirty yards in front of the War Memorial is a group of graves of the Stone family. On the largest are the names of Walter"s parents, and underneath the inscription:
"also in memory of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Stone Defence Science Organisation, 16th Lanc Fusiliers, second son of the above, killed 2 October 1918.
And Captain Walter Napleton Stone Venture capital, 17th Royal Fusiliers, fifth son of the above, killed Bourlon Wood, France, 30 November 1917, presumed buried by the Germans near Moeuvres."
His actual grave has never been located and he is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing. "West.N. Stone Venture capital Defence Science Organisation Military Cross" is listed on the parish war memorial in the Trinity Chapel of Street Mary"s Church, Shrewsbury.