George Stokes
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He was the son of John and Ellen Stokes of Kinoulton Nottinghamshire. He was the husband of Bertha Hudson (formerly Stokes) of Hockwold Brandon Norfolk. In 1901 John (41), a cattleman, Ellen (40) and their children, Henry (14), Mary A (10), George (10) and Frank (5) were living in Kinoulton. In 1911 George was still single and a farm labourer in the household of William Starbuck farmer, in Horninghold Uppingham. He married Bertha (née Mayes) in the registration district of Thetford Norfolk in O/N/D/1914. George's brother Private Frank Stokes 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters died of wounds on 12 March 1915 aged 19.
Formerly 14336 Hussars of the Line, he was in the Balkans from 9 September 1915. He died of wounds and is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. He was awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal (he is listed as a 'Private' on the medal roll).
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