Commanded the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from June 1918 to 1919
On the 19th May 1905 he passed his qualifying examinations and transferred from The Clare Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) to the Worcestershire Regiment and was commissioned as a 2/Lieut.
He was promoted to rank of Lieutenant on the 5th February 1908.
On the 13th August 1914 he embarked with the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment to France, landing at Boulogne the following afternoon (14th). On the 22nd October 1914 he was promoted to rank of Captain.
On the 25th February 1916 he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing as a Wing Adjutant.
He rejoined the Worcestershire Regiment and on the 18th October 1918 made acting Major while serving as Major with Headquarter Company of the Battalion.
Whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion he was awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 1st January 1918).
Appointed Acting Lieut.-Colonel of the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from 24th January to 24th April 1918 and from 24th June 1918 to 9th November 1918.
Lieut.-Col. G. J. L. Stoney
He was also Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 28th December 1918).
After the First World War he was appointed Acting Lieut.-Colonel of the Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry Cycle Regiment from 1st March 1919.
Colonel Gerald Johnstone Lipyeatt Stoney retired from the army on the 15th June 1913. He never married.
He died 6th April 1941 (age 56).
He had an older brother Major Johnstone Percy Lipyeatt Stoney who served with the 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and was wounded in the First World War. Also a younger brother Edward Bowes Stoney who served with the R.A.M.C. in the First World War.