Francis Stone
| Birth name | Francis Le Strange Stone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 June 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lewisham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 October 1938 (aged 52) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Harrow School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Walter Stone, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis Le strange Stone MC (14 June 1886 – 7 October 1938)[1] was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Blackheath and county rugby for London Counties.
Life
He was born in Lewisham, in 1886, to Edward Stone, a solicitor, and his wife Emily Francis Miéville, daughter of Andrew Amédée Miéville and his wife Emily Dew, daughter of Tomkyns Dew. He was the sixth of ten siblings, the youngest of whom was Walter Napleton Stone VC. He was christened at the Church of the Ascension in Blackheath, London on 21 July.[2][3]
Stone was educated at Harrow School, leaving in 1904 and working as a solicitor.[4] He fought in the British Army during the First World War, joining the 3rd Hussars in 1914, and being awarded the Military Cross serving with them in 1917.[5][6]
Rugby
Stone played international rugby for England on just one occasion but also represented the Barbarians.[5][7]
References
- ^ "Francis Stone". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur, eds. (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 1. pp. 61–63.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur, eds. (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 1. p. 283.
- ^ Dauglish, Milverton Godfrey; Stephenson, Pleydell Keppel, eds. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911, 3rd edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 815.
- ^ a b Hodgkinson, Peter E. (15 April 2016). British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War. Routledge. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-317-17191-1.
- ^ "Recipients of The Military Cross during The Great War 1914-18, QRH Museum". qrhmuseum.com. 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Francis le Strange Stone". Barbarians.