STOKES, Samuel William
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X106179
P.O.W. number:
87407
Born:
Wednesday, November 12, 1919
Died:
2001
Samuel William Stokes enlisted into the Royal Marines on 22 January 1942, civil occupation Progress Clerk. Corporal Samuel Stokes, 'X' Troop, 47RM Commando, was wounded and a became a prisoner of war on 28 August 1944 during operations at Beuzeville, France.
After the war in 1945 he was residing in Bognor Regis, Sussex. Member of the Commando Association later residing in the West Midlands.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM, published 1946 for veterans.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 113 issued Sept. 2001.
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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