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|Surname and forenames=Stonehouse William Carr
|Surname and forenames=Stonehouse William Carr
|Army number=4455773
|Army number=4455773
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Rank=Lance Corporal.
|Date of birth=Born 1909/10.
|Date of birth=Born 1909/10.
|Age=30
|Age=30 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  DIED of WOUNDS 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category B.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no known enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported Missing in Action.  Now known to have DIED of WOUNDS sustained at Ficheux 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category B.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Company/Battery=D Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Promotions=None known beyond Lance Corporal.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Wounded=20/5/1940.
|Wounded=20/5/1940 at Ficheux.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40 at Ficheux.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 12, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads : LOVING MEMORIES OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND DARLING DADDY. WIFE BETTY, ERIC & FAMILY.
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Helena Stonehouse, Husband of Bessie Stonehouse, Swalwell.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 12, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Helena Stonehouse, Husband of Bessie Stonehouse, Swalwell.   
|Image Name=Stonehouse_W_C_4455773.JPG
|Image Name=Stonehouse_W_C_4455773.JPG
|Image Title=L/Cpl W C Stonehouse's CWGC headstone.
|Image Title=L/Cpl W C Stonehouse's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
}}
}}
[[File:21933da7-78e7-4e95-b1e1-f6158d1e3501_(1).jpeg|800px|thumb|centre|Lance Corporal William Carr Stonehouse, 1st Tyneside Scottish]]

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L/Cpl W C Stonehouse's CWGC headstone.

Name Stonehouse William Carr
Army number 4455773
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1909/10.
Age 30 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no known enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Reported Missing in Action. Now known to have DIED of WOUNDS sustained at Ficheux 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category B.
Company/Battery D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded 20/5/1940 at Ficheux.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 20-May-40 at Ficheux. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 12, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : LOVING MEMORIES OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND DARLING DADDY. WIFE BETTY, ERIC & FAMILY.
Home address Son of Thomas and Helena Stonehouse, Husband of Bessie Stonehouse, Swalwell.
Source table 1TS


Lance Corporal William Carr Stonehouse, 1st Tyneside Scottish
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