Archibald Stoakes (1895 - 1917)

Born 4 Jun 1895 in Woodchurch. Kent

Ancestors

Died 11 Jan 1917 at age 21 in Mesopotamia

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Biography

Archibald Stoakes Died of Disease during World War I.

Archibald STOAKES,

born 4 Jun 1895 in Woodchurch (Kent), baptized 21 Jul 1895 at All Saints, Woodchurch (Kent),

resided at Woodchurch -

Enlisted at Tenterden, Private 240156 - 5th Btn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt),

died 11 Jan 1917 Killed in Action in Mesopotamia - Aged 21,

Commemorated at Basra Memorial - Panel 6.^[1]

Woodchurch Local and Family History

Baptism Details

21 July 1895

Page 165 No 1320

Name Surname Father Mother Occupation Vicar Details Abode Born

Archibald STOAKES Archibald Eleanor Bricklayer A. Welch - Rector [DoB Tenterden District Vaccination Register] Woodchurch [4 June 1895]

Civil Registration event: Birth

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Name: STOAKES, Archibald

Registration district: Tenterden

County: Kent

Year of registration: 1895

Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun

Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3

Volume no: 2A

Page no: 808

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1901 census transcription details for: Lower Green, Woodchurch

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National Archive Reference:

RG number: RG13

Piece: 778

Folio: 150

Page: 8

Reg. District: Tenterden

Sub District: Tenterden

Parish: Woodchurch

Enum. District: 26

Ecclesiastical District: All Saints

City/Municipal Borough:

Address: Lower Green, Woodchurch

County: Kent

Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born

STOAKES, Archibald Head Married M 36 1865 Bricklayer Hastings, Sussex

STOAKES, Emma Wife Married F 40 1861 Cranbrook, Kent

STOAKES, Archibald Son M 5 1896 Woodchurch, Kent

STOAKES, Frederick Son M 4 1897 Woodchurch, Kent

STOAKES, Kate Daughter F 2 1899 Woodchurch, Kent

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1911 census transcription details for: Lower Green Woodchurch Ashford Kent

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National Archive Reference:

RG14PN4239 RG78PN167 RD54 SD1 ED23 SN21

Reg. District: Tenterden

Sub District: Tenterden

Parish: Woodchurch

Enum. District: 23

Address: Lower Green Woodchurch Ashford Kent

County: Kent

Name Relation Condition/

Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

STOAKES, Archibald Head Married M 46 1865 Bricklayer Susssex Hastings

STOAKES, Emma Eleanor Wife Married 18 years (4,3,1) F 50 1861 Kent Cranbrook

STOAKES, Archibald Son Single M 15 1896 Bricklayer's Labourer Kent Woodchurch

STOAKES, Frederick Son M 14 1897 Farm Labourer Kent Woodchurch

STOAKES, Ellinor Daughter F 8 1903 School Kent Woodchurch

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Woodchurch Local and Family History

Monumental Inscription Details

Monument Location: Church Interior - Tower

Monument Number: 5

Name Inscription Addendum

Framed Record - The Kent County Association of Change Ringers. The following members of the company of Woodchurch had the honour to serve in The Great War 1914-18. Harold Back, Alfred Banks (Wounded), Percy Milton, James Pellett, Reginald Pellett, John Prior, Archibald Stoakes (R. I. P.) PRO DEO. PRO REGE. PRO PATRIA.

BACK Harold Change Ringer serving in World War I.

BANKS Alfred Change Ringer serving in World War I.

MILTON Percy Change Ringer serving in World War I.

PELLETT James Change Ringer serving in World War I.

PELLETT Reginald Change Ringer serving in World War I.

PRIOR John Change Ringer serving in World War I.

STOAKES Archibald Change Ringer serving in World War I.^[2]

Armed Forces registration event: Death

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Name: STOAKES, Archibald

Unit: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Rank: Private

Number: 240156

Year: 1917

Volume: I.71

Page: 198

Record source: GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to 1921)

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Soldiers Died in the Great War

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First name(s): Archibald STOAKES

Rank: PRIVATE

Initials: A

Birthplace: Woodchurch, Kent

Residence: Woodchurch, Kent

Enlisted: Tenterden, Kent

Regiment, Corps etc.: Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Battalion etc.: 5th Battalion.

Number: T/240150

Date died: 11 January 1917

How died: Killed in action

Theatre of war: M.E.F.

Supplementary Notes:

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Archibald died of disease. He was NOT killed in action. The day that he died his battalion was in the vicinity of the Sanna I Yat Lines on the banks of the River Tigris.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Janet Gunn.
2. ↑ Woodchurch Ancestry
3. ↑ Kent Fallen - Woodchurch

• Faded Genes- Archibald Stoakes
• Woodchurch Local and Family History
• Find My Past
• Kent Fallen

Acknowledgments

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