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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
Division:
'C' Sqn., 1st Armd. Car Regt.
Death:
September 3, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I, H, 57.
Additional information
Son of Lt.-Col. Samuel Gladstone Stokes and Jenney Louise Stokes, of Sarnia, Ontario.
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stoke has been honoured by having Stokes Lake named after him. The location of Stokes Lake is in Yukon (105K13- 62° 51’ 51”- 133° 45’ 52”).
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
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Photo of EDWARD SAMUEL STOKES
Edward Samuel Stokes (photo by Yosuf Karsh) circa 1940-1 while a cadet at RMC. -
Cemetery
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Photo of Edward (Sam)uel Stokes
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Photo of Edward (Sam)uel Stokes
LT Sam Stokes in England, 1942 -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2710 Lt Edward Samuel Stokes (RMC 1939) was the son of Lt.-Col. Samuel Gladstone Stokes and Jenney Louise Stokes, of Sarnia, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C., 'C' Sqn., 1st Armd. Car Regt. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He died on Sept 3, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Gradara War Cemetery in Gradara, Pesaro, Italy. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2710 Lt Edward Samuel Stokes (RMC 1939) was the son of Lt.-Col. Samuel Gladstone Stokes and Jenney Louise Stokes, of Sarnia, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C., 'C' Sqn., 1st Armd. Car Regt. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He died on Sept 3, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Gradara War Cemetery in Gradara, Pesaro, Italy. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2710 Lt Edward Samuel Stokes (RMC 1939) was the son of Lt.-Col. Samuel Gladstone Stokes and Jenney Louise Stokes, of Sarnia, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C., 'C' Sqn., 1st Armd. Car Regt. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He died on Sept 3, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Gradara War Cemetery in Gradara, Pesaro, Italy. -
Photo of Edward Samuel Stokes
Sam outside of what I assume is R.M.C. The caption in his own writing reads, "We are not rough, we are not tough, but we are determined!" -
Cemetery
Gradara Cemetery, Gradara, Italy
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Samuel Stokes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 454 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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