STOKES Desmond Arthur

  • First Name(s):
    Desmond 
    Arthur 
  • Surname:
    STOKES
  • Service Number:
    198500
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Service Corps
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st March 1943
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia, Grave 16. E. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Walter and Annie Stokes; husband of Alma Winnipeg Stokes, of St. Johns, Worcester

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Further Information About STOKES Desmond Arthur

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

An unsigned letter from 16 Knight Street, St. John’s, Worcester, no date, can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that his name be added to the county roll of honour.  The letter states that Captain Desmond Arthur Stokes, R.A.S.C., No 6 M.A.C., B.N.A.F. died of injuries on active service on 21st March 1943 aged 29 years.

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