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2018 Stone Remembrance Parade and Service – Photos and Videos
Once again residents and visitors to Stone came out in huge numbers to pay their respects After a morning of…
Author: Jon Cook
11th November 2018
First World War
Emergency services honour centenary with poppy livery
Staffordshire’s emergency services are marking the centenary of the end of the First World War with two vehicles decorated with…
Author: Lauren Walker
8th November 2018100th anniversary – from barren field to national memorial
Staffordshire’s National Memorial Arboretum will take centre stage for this year’s 100th anniversary commemorations to mark the end of the Great…
Author: Lauren Walker
8th November 2018Unseen archives reveal jubilant mood in Stone following the Armistice
Bells ringing, fog horns going off on the railway, flags hoisted, and people dancing about were the scenes in Stone…
Author: Jon Cook
6th November 2018Stone hosts World War One memorabilia exhibition
Stone Town Council has organised an exhibition of World War One memorabilia at the Frank Jordan Centre from 10:00am to…
Author: Jon Cook
5th November 2018Beacon lighting ceremony to mark 100 years since the end of WW1
On the evening of the 11 November 2018, events will be taking place at St Michael & St Wulfad’s Church,…
Author: Jon Cook
1st November 2018Rare archives shed light on conscription during WWI
Stories of conscientious objectors and how bakers, butchers and farmworkers fought conscription are amongst a rare collection of Military Appeal…
Author: Andy MacDonald
1st August 2016First World War living history day at Sandon Hall
Sandon Hall will revive its role as a recovery home for wounded soldiers during the First World War on Sunday…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
9th June 2016Great War multimedia exhibition goes on tour
A new multimedia exhibition that commemorates the Great War and life on the Home Front in Staffordshire through poetry and film…
Author: Andy MacDonald
3rd February 20161915: list of men who had left Stone for the First World War
A century ago, hundreds of men from Stone had left their home town for the horrors of the First World…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
10th December 2015Stone’s darkest ever Christmas remembered at tree festival
Stone's darkest ever Christmas will be remembered at the St Michael's Church Christmas tree festival this weekend. The Christmas Tree…
Author: Jamie Summerfield30th November 2015Fallen Stone soldier’s photo found in Cornwall shop
Last May, we posted a request for information regarding the soldiers of Stone commemorated on memorials in the town. Since then…
Author: Andy MacDonald4th September 2015Memorial for First World War heroes has a new home
The First World War dedication plaque that was removed from St John's Church when the congregation moved out in…
Author: Stephanie Hemsted
7th July 2015Great War centenary plaque proudly in place
The plaque that was produced to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War in August took…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
9th November 2014Get well soon, Gavin
All the very best wishes to Gavin Stocks, who's been in hospital with a major facial infection. Gavin was Stone…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
7th August 2014Stone’s lost sons from WW1 remembered
The names of the 148 men from Stone who lost their lives in the First World War were read out…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
3rd August 2014
