Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | La Clytte Military Cemetery | IV. A. 19. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.136 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Born at Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Son of Maj. George Ormonde Stoney, (K.O.S.B.) and Meylia Stoney; husband of Dorothy Agnes Stoney, of Stokelake House, Chudleigh, Devon.Education & Career :
In the Murray of the Wellington College from 1894, Thomas Ramsay Stoney captained the XV in 1900 and was the deputy head of college in 1901. He was the second of three brothers at Wellington, and went to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he played for the College and Cambridge XIs and was sufficiently good to warrant an entry in Wisden's 'Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918'.
He became a schoolmaster, and later headmaster of Wootton Court prep school in Canterbury.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 6/King's Own Scottish Borderers |
6th (Service) Battalion Formed at Berwick-on-Tweed in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 28th Brigade in 9th (Scottish) Division. Moved to Bordon and in March 1915 went on to Bramshott. Landed at Boulogne 12 May 1915. 6 May 1916 : transferred to 27th Brigade in same Division |
| Action : The Battles of the Lys |
9 April - 29 April 1918. As the first phase of the great German campaign of 1918 lost momentum and failed in its objective to split the British and French armies, subsidiary attacks were shift the balance of the attack and to seek opportunities to exploit other sectors. On the Lys the Germans initially enjoyed spectacular success against a Portuguese Division but the gap was soon plugged and the advance halted.
Posted first to the 3rd Battalion KOSB, he was later attached to the 6th Battalion. He was killed in action on 10 April 1918 at the Battle of the Lys. This was the German 'Spring Offensive', their last push and circumstances were suffiently grave to cause Earl Haig to issue his famous order that his men must carry on fighting "With Our Backs to the Wall and believing in the Justice of our Cause".
Four of the five Stoney boys joined the Army. Thomas and his brother George joined the family regiment. Both were killed; Lt Col George Butler Stoney at Gallipoli in 1916, two years before Thomas. Patrick served the 26th Punjabis in India and the youngest Henry Howard Stoney, also a Wellingtonian, served in the Staffords. Bowes the remaining son went to Fettes and on to the Ceylon Civil Service, via Pembroke, Cambridge. He died in 1910 aged 32.
Detail :
He is buried at La Clytte Cemetery. He was 35. He is also remembered in his hometown of Chudleigh in Devon on the War Memorial. Stoney Family Memorial, Netley Marsh Church Hants
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Isaac Newton University No. 859 E.C. | Cambridgeshire |
| Joined : | Old Wellingtonian No. 3404 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th March 1902 | 29th April 1902 | 20th June 1902 |
Founder of the Old Wellingtonian (formerly Heroum Filii) No 3404 having been initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge No. 859. H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught was joined 3404 on the same day.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley