Arthur Stokes
In 1911 he was employed as a bottler at a brewery.
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Arthur Stokes was the son of Mary Ann Stokes. Although from 1891 onwards the censuses record her as being a married woman no husband ever appears listed alongside her.
Her children included: Lucy Ann (b.1887), May (b.1890), Minnie Beatrice (b.1894), Arthur (b.1896) and Elizabeth (b.1899).
The Stokes family lived at: 3 Booth’s Yard, Bloomsgrove Street, Radford [C.1891]; Devonshire Street, Newbold, Derbyshire [C.1901]; 20 Garfield Road, Radford [C,1911].
In 1901 Mary Ann Stokes was working as a charwoman but in 1911 she acting as housekeeper for Ben Girling, a widower, with whom the Stokes family were living. 20 Garfield Road, Radford was also the address given when a death notice for Private Arthur Stokes was inserted in the local newspaper [n.e.p.22.4.1918]. Mary Stokes appears to die in Nottingham, aged 60, in 1923.
Private Arthur Stokes enlisted at Nottingham whilst residing at Radford, he served with the 1st battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he died from his wounds on 23rd March 1918 ; but the location of his place of burial was lost so his name was added to the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Photo of Arthur Stokes
Pozieres Memorial, France, courtesy of the cwgc