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Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

London England [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Walsall, Staffordshire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Coventry, Warwickshire [5]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Cork [4]

Greenough Western Australia [4]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Chedzoy, Somerset [3]

Hay New South Wales [3]

Islington, London [3]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Bingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Devonport Tasmania [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Geraldton Western Australia [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Keynsham, Somerset [2]

Ladywood, Birmingham [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Lyme, Dorset [2]

Mount Walker Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [1536]

Gunner [188]

Driver [158]

Serjeant [129]

Corporal [115]

Sapper [106]

Lance Corporal [62]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Lieutenant [48]

Captain [47]

Acting Corporal [35]

Pioneer [28]

Bombardier [21]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Major [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Sister [8]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Rifleman [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Matron [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [252]

Royal Engineers [210]

Labour Corps [166]

Army Service Corps [146]

Royal Garrison Artillery [94]

London Regiment [90]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [87]

Machine Gun Corps [74]

Royal Army Medical Corps [72]

Worcestershire Regiment [66]

Royal Fusiliers [60]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [47]

South Staffordshire Regiment [47]

Gloucestershire Regiment [46]

Cheshire Regiment [40]

Hampshire Regiment [38]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Devonshire Regiment [33]

Leicestershire Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31]

Essex Regiment [29]

Lincolnshire Regiment [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Bedfordshire Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [26]

Wiltshire Regiment [26]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [24]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

North Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Tank Corps [21]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

East Kent Regiment [19]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Service

British Army [2445]

Royal Navy [240]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185]

Australian Imperial Force [160]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [150]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [3265]

B [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3221]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] London England [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Walsall, Staffordshire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Bethnal Green, London [5] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Coventry, Warwickshire [5] Geelong Victoria [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Cork [4] Greenough Western Australia [4] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Chedzoy, Somerset [3] Hay New South Wales [3] Islington, London [3] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Bingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Birmingham [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Deptford, London [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Devonport Tasmania [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Geraldton Western Australia [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Keynsham, Somerset [2] Ladywood, Birmingham [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Lyme, Dorset [2] Mount Walker Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [1536] Gunner [188] Driver [158] Serjeant [129] Corporal [115] Sapper [106] Lance Corporal [62] Second Lieutenant [61] Lieutenant [48] Captain [47] Acting Corporal [35] Pioneer [28] Bombardier [21] Acting Serjeant [16] Major [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Lance Serjeant [10] Company Serjeant Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Sister [8] Acting Bombardier [5] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Rifleman [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Captain [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Worker [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Nurse [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Matron [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [252] Royal Engineers [210] Labour Corps [166] Army Service Corps [146] Royal Garrison Artillery [94] London Regiment [90] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [87] Machine Gun Corps [74] Royal Army Medical Corps [72] Worcestershire Regiment [66] Royal Fusiliers [60] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54] King's Royal Rifle Corps [47] South Staffordshire Regiment [47] Gloucestershire Regiment [46] Cheshire Regiment [40] Hampshire Regiment [38] Middlesex Regiment [37] Rifle Brigade [36] Devonshire Regiment [33] Leicestershire Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [31] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [31] Essex Regiment [29] Lincolnshire Regiment [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28] Welsh Regiment [28] Bedfordshire Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Royal Berkshire Regiment [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [26] Wiltshire Regiment [26] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Army Service Corps [24] Somerset Light Infantry [24] South Lancashire Regiment [23] North Staffordshire Regiment [21] Tank Corps [21] The Queen's Regiment [20] East Kent Regiment [19] Manchester Regiment [19] Army Veterinary Corps [17] East Surrey Regiment [17] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [16]

Service

British Army [2445] Royal Navy [240] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185] Australian Imperial Force [160] Canadian Expeditionary Force [150] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [3265] B [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3221] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Francis John Scott-Stokes

Born 1899

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Acting)

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Charles Arthur Stokes Alias Wallhead

Born 1892

Royal Navy 16913 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Emma J Stokes

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

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E A B Stokes-Roberts

British Army Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Royal Engineers/Staff and Head Quarters

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Jean Esme Stokes (nee Jamieson)

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Emma J Bourne (mrs Stokes)

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Stokes Alias Goodwin

British Army Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 6334 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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