BORN GRIMSBY 1882. SON OF THOMAS STOKES (1848-1903) AND LUCY SMITH (1846-1914).
HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. HIS WIFE, ADA WADE (1877-1941), LIVED, OF 3 GEORGES YARD, HIGH STREET, HULL (1911 ADDRESS) AND 26 , CHAPEL LANE, HULL, (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITHTHE 1/4TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1916, AGED 34.
HE IS BURIED AT HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L’ABBE, SOMME, FRANCE
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, MEMORIAL, LOWGATE, HULL.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
1999
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/09/1916
Place died:
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
34
26, CHAPEL LANE, LOWGATE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
