Joseph Henry Stocks

Joseph Henry Stocks was killed in action, probably by a sniper, on 13 November 1915 when the battalion mounted a guard in Ducks Nest for 24 hours, 6.30 pm on 12 until 6.20 pm on 13th. He is buried in Azmak Cemetery, Suvla. The cemetery was made after the Armistice and therefore Joseph would first have been buried close to the front line.

Pte. Joseph Stocks, 9th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, wrote a letter to his widowed mother from Suvla on 15th October 1915 which was published on 20th November 1915 in the ‘Notts. Free Press,’ “Dear Mother, just a few lines to you hoping to find you in the best of health as it leaves me at present. Christmas is drawing near and, although I shall be not having my dinner, I want you to have a good one, and so I am sending your Christmas box in advance, for there is no knowing what is going to happen out here. It only takes your letters ten days to come now, so I shall be expecting one or two now and again.” Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918