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CHARLES EDWIN STONE. V.C.. M.M.. AT REST AUG. 29. 1952, AGED 63 YEARS.; Tablet: ON 21 MARCH 1918 AT CAPONNE FARM FRANCE, AFTER WORKING AT HIS GUN FOR 6 HOURS, UNDER HEAVY GAS AND SHELL FIRE, GUNNER STONE WAS SENT BACK TO THE REAR WITH AN ORDER HE DELIVERED IT AND THEN UNDER A VERY HEAVY BARRAGE RETURNED WITH A RIFLE TO ASSIST IN HOLDING UP THE ENEMY ON A SUNKEN ROAD, FIRST BY LYING IN THE OPEN UNDER VERY HEAVY MACHINE GUN-FIRE AND THEN ON THE RIGHT FLANK OF THE 2 REAR GUNS HE HELD THE ENEMY AT BAY. LATER HE WAS ONE OF THE PARTY WHICH CAPTURED A MACHINE-GUN AND 4 PRISONERS.