Private Frederick William Stokes

1. Private, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-03-28 to 1918-09-27
2. Private (Army). 1918-02-23 to 1918-03-28
3. Private, 161st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-03-25 to 1918-02-23

Son of Sanford Stokes and Mary Stokes (nee Lawrence); husband of Agnes Stokes (nee Heddle) married July 12, 1895; father of George Wilfred Stokes (Service No. 654135)

Born on May 31, 1875 in Goderich to Mr. & Mrs. Sanford Stokes. On enlistment he gave his occupation as 'mechanic' and his current address as Goderich where he lived with his wife Agnes. He enlisted at the age of 40 on March 25, 1916 at Goderich with the 161st Huron Battalion and arrived in England on November 11, 1916 aboard the SS Lapland. After landing in England the 161st was posted to Witley and he was transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment. He was killed in action at the age of 42 on September 27, 1918 on the Cambrai Road near Haynecourt. Private Stokes is buried in grave I.A.23 at the Ontario Cemetery in Sains-les-Marquoin and is memorialized in the Maitland Cemetery in Goderich Ontario along with his family