Stones,+D

Stones, Dennis Aircraftman First Class (AC), No 68640, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No 98 Squadron. Missing 7th June 1940. Son of Mrs Jack Stones, Back Mill Hey,Haworth. Lost when the S.S. "Lancastria " was sunk off St. Nazaire by enemy aircraft with the loss of 5000 lives. (The estimates range from 3000 to 7000, and will never be fully found). Named on the Keighley Roll of Honour WW2 Plate, where his name is given as Stones. However in the R.A.F. Overseas Casualties List, his name is given as Stoner. The C.W.G.C. gives his name as Stones, and he has no known grave and is Commemorated on :- The Haworth Memorial (WW) The Runnymede Memorial Panel 26. The loss of the "Lancastria " is well documented. 98 Squadron lost most of their ground crew at St. Nazaire.