Name
Walter Stokes
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/08/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
M2/136433
Army Service Corps
Mech Transport att 1/3rd (Highland) Field Amb
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GWALIA CEMETERY
I.G.12
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
LOVED AND REMEMBERED
UK & Other Memorials
Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans, Not on the Codicote memorials, We are not aware of any memorial in Sleapshyde
Pre War
Walter Stokes was born in Codicote in 1894 , the son of William and Sarah Jane Stokes and one of eight children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Peters Green, Kimpton where his father was working as a Shepherd on a Farm. By 1911 they had moved to Stud House, Gorhambury Park, St Albans and Walter was then working as a Carter for a Furniture Removers.
He gave his address on enlistment as Tenements Farm, Bedmond, Herts.
His parents later lived at Woodwall Cottage, Chandlers Cross, Croxley Green, Herts, Sleaps Hyde, St Albans, Herts and Tyttenhanger Green, St Albans.
Wartime Service
Walter enlisted at Grove Park, Mechanical Depot, London on 1 November 1915, giving his occupation as a Motor Driver. He embarked on SS Queen from Folkestone on 25 March 1916 and disembarked at Boulogne.
He served Initially with 558 M.T. Company att. 70th Bn. Royal Garrison Artillery and later transferred to the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport attached to the 1/3rd (Highland) Field Ambulance. It was mentioned in his service record that he was a good lorry driver and a hard worker.
He died on 1 August 1917, aged 23, at the 134th Field Ambulance, from wounds received in action and is buried at Gwalia Cemetery, Belgium.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £4.10s and pay owing of £7 14s 8d. He ordered the headstone inscription: "LOVED AND REMEMBERED", while living at Sleapshyde, St Albans, Herts. His mother received a pension of 3s 6d a week
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Gareth Hughes,
