ALSO IN MEMORY OF
HIS BROTHER JACK, AGE 23
KILLED IN ACTION SAME DAY
THY WILL BE DONE

PRIVATE W STOKES

DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT

3RD SEPTEMBER 1916 AGE 21

BURIED: MILL ROAD CEMETERY, FRANCE


Brothers W and JH Stokes both served with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and both were killed on 3 September 1916 in the attack on Thiepval Ridge. JH Stokes (Jack) is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.

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