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Hero of the Fleet: Two World Wars, One Extraordinary Life -The Memoirs of Centenarian William Stone
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ISBN
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9781845965891
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Publisher
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Mainstream Publishing
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Subject
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Memoirs, Biography: General, History
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Binding
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PAPERBACK
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Pages
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256
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Year
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2010
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William Stone died on, 10th January 2009, aged 108. He received a hero's funeral. Born in rural Devon, he joined the navy during the, First World War, travelled the globe just before the British Empire's light began to fade and saw action in some of the most significant sea battles of the Second World War. Afterwards, he returned to Devon to run a barber's shop, an altogether more peaceable existence.
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Author Biography
William Stone was one of the last men to have served in both the Great War and the Second World War. Up until his death in 2009, he made countless public appearances to pass on his memories and wisdom and teach new generations the realities of sacrifice, duty and war.
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