BORN HULL 1892. SON OF MORRIS & HENRIETTA STONE, AT 704 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 73 TRAFFORD ROAD, SALFORD, MANCHESTER (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS PARENTS WERE HEWISH, FROM OSTROLENKA, POLAND. SON OF A TAILOR AND OUT FITTER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN APPRENTICE ENGINE FITTER (1911 CENSUS). SERVED AS 6TH ENGINEER ON THE STEAM SHIP “ORONSA”. SUNK BY A SUBMARINE, ON 29/04/1918, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY WAR RECORDS. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HULL WESTERN SYNAGOGUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL/ HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)/ NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANYMORE.
SS Oronsa, built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast in 1906 and owned at the time of her loss by Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool, was a British passenger steamer of 8075 tons.
On April 28th, 1918, Oronsa, on a voyage from Talcahuano & New York to Liverpool with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine U-91 (Alfred von Glasenapp), 12 miles west from Bardsey Island, St George’s Channel. 3 persons were lost.
