STOKES, Samuel William

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Rank:

Corporal

Unit / Base:

46RM Commando

Regiment/Corps:

Royal Marines

Service:

Royal Navy

Service Number:

PLY/X106179

P.O.W. number:

87407

P.O.W. camps:

Stalag XII-A (12A), Limburg Germany

Marlag and Milag Nord, Westertimke, Germany

Born:

Wednesday, November 12, 1919

Birthplace:

Smethwick

Died:

2001

Age:

Corporal Stokes, 'X' Troop, 46RM Commando, was wounded at Beuzeville, France, and a prisoner of war from 28 August 1944 until April 1945 when he hid whilst the German guards evacuated the camp and moved the prisoners in the face of the advancing allied forces.
Samuel William Stokes, a Clerk from Smethwick, Birmingham, enlisted into the Royal Marines 22 January 1942. Married Dora Margaret Bullock in Bognor Regis, Sussex, September 1942. Joined 46RM Commando on or after its formation July/August 1943. Post war member of the Commando Association residing in the West Midlands.

Camp Timeline

02.09.1944 - 08.09.1944 General Hospital at Hamm.

10.09.1944 - 22.09.1944 Stalag XIIA.

24.09.1944 - April 1945 Marlag und Milad Nord.

Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.

Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/94/2.

The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM, published 1946 for veterans.

Portsmouth Evening News 19 September 1942, p6.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 113 issued Sept. 2001.

[Image] Photo of 'X' Troop in Gallery.

Photo of Commando in Gallery:

Yes

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