In Memory Of
STOKES, FRANCIS RALPH
Service Details
Age:
34
Date of Birth:
1910-06-04
Service No:
220795
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
144th (8th Bn. The East Lancashire Regt.) Regt.
Regiment:
Royal Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
1944-08-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while leading his troop into action against enemy rearguards east of Lisieux.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V. F. 4.
Cemetery:
ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Calvados
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Francis Maurice and Alice Lillian Stokes; husband of Rosemary Joan Stokes, of East Brent, Somerset. Entered Grey House in October 1923. He left Plumtree in December 1925. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
