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Wireman SAMUEL STOKES

Service Number: P/JX 252367
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lanka.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

2. B. 1.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Mary Catherine Stokes.
  • Personal Inscription "I CAME FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH FOR THEE, RISE THOU FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN AND ME"
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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