Private Samuel Stokes

Title (Mr/ Mrs/ Capt/ Rev etc): 

First name(s): 

Samuel

Surname only: 

Stokes

 

Pte Samuel Stokes, 43241, 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, was killed in action on the Somme on October 25th, 1916. He was the second son of Samuel and Phoebe Stokes, of 10 Alfred Street, Luton, to perish on the battlefield in three months - L-Cpl Robert Stokes was killed in action on August 9th.

At the time of Samuel's death, Robert, a holder of the Military Medal, was reported missing with hopes that he may have been taken as a prisoner of war.

Commanding Officer N. R. Hunting wrote that 29-year-old Samuel was killed by a shell on October 25th. The shell exploded near to him and he was killed instantly.

Samuel joined the Bedfordshire Regiment (service number 26082) in March 1916 and following training at Felixstowe was transferred to the Northants Regiment. Prior to enlistment he was employed at Messrs Eastman and Sons, Acton Vale, having previously worked in the straw trade for Messrs Alfred Warren and Sons, Bute Street, Luton.

 

Service or Civilian?: 

Service Number: 

43241

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Place of Birth: 

London
United Kingdom

Place of Death: 

Somme
France

War Memorial Location: 

Grave Location: 

No known grave
France

World War I Address: 

10 Alfred Street
Luton
United Kingdom

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Images: 

Pte Samuel Stokes

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Year of Birth: 

1 887

Year of Death: 

1 916

Month of Death: 

Oct

Day of Death: 

25

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Most Relevant Date: 

Wednesday, October 25, 1916

Source: 

Source Date: 

Thursday, November 23, 1916