WW2 Medal Trio to Sapper Stone RE Accidently Killed 1941.

1939/45 star, Defence and 1939/45 war medal in named and addressed box of issue with War Office Death Certificate to 1991809 Sapper Walter Henry Stone 1st Field Squadron Royal Engineers.
Walter Stone was born in Battersea on 26th February 1911. Before the war he was employed as a public works labourer in Battersea. Due to his job he was probably pre-enlisted quite early on expected tp perform essential, dangerous work, including clearing bomb wreckage, stoking furnaces at local gas works, and maintaining essential infrastructure of London and surrounding area. He was posted with the 1st Field squadron RE in 1940 and deployed to France with the 1st Armoured Division. After several engagements and heavy tank losses, it was forced to withdraw to the UK, most were captured at St. Valery while attached to the 51st (Highland) Division. In 1941 the 1st Field squadron were posted to Dorking for training. The Dorking Chalk pits at Bradley Manor Farm were used as a key training area to learn skills such as making booby traps, sticky bombs, and handling explosives. On the 14th March 1941, while on Guard duty an accident occurred where Walter Henry Stone was Killed. The official report of the court of enquiry states that death due to Sapper Stone’s own negligence and no blame was attached to anyone else. On the same day at Dorkin Chalk pits “A group of boys were exploring the chalk pits looking for "souvenirs," empty shell cases likely leftover from the training exercises. The accident was caused by unexploded ordnance. One boy was killed and the other injured. In the article there is no mention of a Royal engineer being killed.
His medals come with various copied research, incident report, census information Commonwealth war Graves certificate. Sapper Stone rests in the Dorking cemetery, Surrey and his medals were sent to his widow Lily Stone of 14 Frere Street, Battersea. She did not receive his official death certificate until 1950.
Medals are in very good condition.

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