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Driver DAVID BENJAMIN STOKES

Service Number: 12268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

41st Bty. 42nd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 06 January 1919

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

IX. F. 17.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John David Stokes, of 11, Gale's Gardens, Bethnal Green Rd., London. Born at Mile End, Stepney, London.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP MY SON TAKE THY REST GOD TAKETH FIRST HE LOVES BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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