Stephen Herbert Stokes

1893 - 1917  (23 years)

• Name	Stephen Herbert Stokes
  Birth	13 Oct 1893	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	20 Nov 1893	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Name: Stephen Herbert Stokes Birth date: 13 Oct 1893 Baptism date: 20 Nov 1893 Baptism place: Burton upon Trent, St Paul County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: Samuel Mother's name: Clara Abode: 280 Goodman Street Quality, Trade, or Profession: Labourer Archive reference: D6008/1/2 Page: 132
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 280 Goodman Street
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Address: 280 Goodman Street
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [4]
  	Grocer's assistant
  Military Service	29 May 1915	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [5]
  	Name: Stephen Stokes Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1894 Enlistment Age: 21 Document Year: 1915 Residence Place: 5 Hornley St, Burton-on-Trent Regimental Number: 10464 Regiment Name: Gordon's Number of Images: 18 Form Title: Short Service Attestation
  Death	22 Aug 1917	France   [5, 6, 7]
  	Private STOKES, STEPHEN Service Number S/10404 Died 22/08/1917 9th Bn. Gordon Highlanders Source: Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 To 1921) Archive reference: ARR1 Volume: I.3 War: First World War, 1914-1918 Name: Stephen Stokes Sex: Male Death year: 1917 Service number: S/10404 Rank: Private Unit or regiment: Gordon Highlanders Type: Armed Forces Page: 536 Records year range: 1917 Line number: 130
  Commemorated	20 Jun 1927	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [7]
  	Private STOKES, STEPHEN S/10404 Wednesday, August 22, 1917 TYNE COT MEMORIAL Gordon Highlanders United Kingdom (Tyne Cot Memorial was unveiled 20 June 1927)
  Person ID	I2355	Gilbert
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Samuel Stokes,   b. 1849, Whittington, Staffordshire, England d. 23 Dec 1923, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Clara Earp,   b. 1859, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England d. 6 Mar 1937, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1882	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Oct 1893 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Christening - 20 Nov 1893 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 280 Goodman Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 280 Goodman Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Military Service - 29 May 1915 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Death - 22 Aug 1917 - France Commemorated - 20 Jun 1927 - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  STOKES, Stephen: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Stephen STOKES. He was a Private in the Gordon Highlanders. He entered the theatre of war in France on 1 Sep 1915, and was Killed in Action on 22 Aug 1917. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914-15 Star. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Stokes, Stephen Herbert; Mother's Maiden Surname: Earp; GRO Reference: 1893 D Quarter in BURTON UPON TRENT Volume 06B Page 405 (accessed 30 Sep 2017). [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Stokes, Stephen Herbert; Birth year: 1893; Baptism year: 1893; Father's name: Samuel; Mother's name: Clara; Baptism place: Burton upon Trent, St Paul (accessed 8 Oct 2017). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Stokes, Stephen H; Birth year: 1894; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Burton upon Trent; Parish: Horninglow; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2646; Folio: 62; Page: 31 (accessed 26 Apr 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Stokes, Stephen H; Birth year: 1894; Birth place: Burton on Trent Staffs; Reg dist: Burton upon Trent; Parish: Burton upon Trent; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG14PN16799 RG78PN1042 RD365 SD4 ED12 SN267 (accessed 28 Mar 2018). [S24] UK, British Army WW1 Service Records, 1914-1920 (Ancestry), Stokes, Stephen; Birth date: abt 1894; Residence place: Burton-on-Trent; Regimental Number: 10464; Regiment Name: Gordon's (accessed 30 Sep 2017). [S137] British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths And Burials (FindMyPast), Stokes, Stephen; 1917; Archive reference: ARR1; Source: Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 To 1921) (accessed 27 Oct 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Stokes, Stephen; Country: Belgium; Cemetery or memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial; Service number: S/10404; Regiment: Gordon Highlanders; First World War (accessed 30 Sep 2017).