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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIEUT. HORACE G. STONE, RNVR February 2019 LIEUTENANT HORACE G. STONE MEMORIAL - West Vancouver Memorial Library Horace G. Stone, L ieutenant, R N V R (Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve) is com m em orated in the bold, stained- glass window in the main foyer of the West Vancouver Memorial Public Library, 1950 Marine D rive W est Vancouver. This magnificent stained glass window titled "Harmony" w as created by John Henry Dearle in 1931. It is a reproduction o f Sir F rank Dicksee's painting of the same name currently housed at the Tate Gallery in London. Dearle, a master craftsman for Morris & Co. in England, designed the nine feet tall window as a commission piece for Henry Athelstan Stone as a memorial to his son. "Harmony" was presented to the West Vancouver Memorial Library in 1950 by the officer's sister. The inscription reads " To the Memory o f Lieut. Horace Gordon Stone, only son of Henry A. and Beatrice H. Stone of the city, who died in Active Service December 15, 1918. " Horace w as born in Toronto in 1891 to Henry and Beatrice Stone (nee Hetty) and had two sisters, Francis (Mathew s) and Elsie (Gentles). In 1899 Horace move with his family to Vancouver when his father became the Managing Director of Gault Bros. Ltd., a Canadian cloth wholesale and distribution company based in Toronto. H e w as a bright and active youth. A t the age o f 17 he built an 18 foot sailboat, the Adanac, and successfully raced his boat in m any o f the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club events. In 1912, w hen he w as 21, he won the keenly contested Graveley Cup for yachts under twenty feet. Horace won this cup for three consecutive years and it has never been challenged since. Horace Stone attended McGill University Vancouver cam pus in 1911 and 1912 before moving to Montreal to complete his degree in Applied in Science. H e is listed as a member of the McGill 1915 graduating class. Lt. H.G. Stone RNVR (Photo courtesy: Lafayette Ltd London, July 1916). Prepared by Carl Hunter February, 2019 Pa ge