BONE, ALBERT EDWARD, Capt., 242nd Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, s. of William Thomas Bone, of 215, Boleyn Road, Forest Gate, S.E., Builder, by his wife, Caroline (-); b. Camberwell, London, S.E., 9 Aug. 1882; educ. Board School there; enlisted in the R.F.A. 7 Feb. 1900; served in South Africa and India, also with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 18 Aug. 1914, taking part in the retreat from Mons, and in many other engagements; received a commission (for services in the field), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 10 Aug. 1915; promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1917, and Capt. 12 April, 1918, and died at No. 20 General Hospital, Camiers, 3 Nov. following, of pneumonia following influenza, contracted while on active service. Buried in Etaples Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I am more grieved than I can say over the sad news of the death of your husband. He was Captain of my own battery, and was a splendid man in every way, and his death leaves a gap which I do not know how to fill.” He m. at Stowe Nine Churches, 27 Dec. 1902, Harriett Elizabeth, dau. of Alfred Oliver, and had two daus. Dorothy Rose, b. 22 July, 1904, and Maisie Olive, b. 14 June, 1912.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5