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Horace James Stokes

In memory of:

Private Horace James Stokes

September 19, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

772471

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

December 25, 1877
London, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

December 20, 1915
Brantford, Ontario

Son of Richard and Caroline Stokes; husband of Ethel Stokes, of Brantford, Ontario. His son Private Stanley Tom Stokes, 772294, 1st Battalion, was killed in action in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, 4 April 1917.

Commemorated on Page 333 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. T. 2.

Location:

Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette, turn right at the church. The AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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