Lester
Stokes
MM
Born in Sombra Ontario Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Henry Stokes
and Nellie Mariah (Austin) Stokes
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 100
in Chatham Ontario Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jun 2018
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Biography
Lester was born in 1897. He is the son of Henry Stokes and Nellie Austin.
WW1
I D # 775572
126th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force 13 January 1916 in Brampton Ontario
sailed 14 August 1916 to England
joined 116th France 11 February 1917 -23 March 1919
awarded Military Medal [Field] for bravery 25 September 1917
awarded G C Badge [Field]
wounded 9 October 1918 strapnel left shoulder, fractures and infection -- healing
14 May 1919 demobilization discharge
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Sources
- ↑ Archives Canada. "Item." Library and Archives Canada. October 24, 2016. Accessed June 10, 2018. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=254483. complete Canadian record PDF file -- http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B9350-S056
Library and Archives Canada, Census Year: 1901, Item Number: 3425431, Province: Ontario, District Name: Bothwell, Sub-District Name: Sombra and Walpole Island, http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z002/jpg/z000051423.jpg , contains -- , page 13, lines 4-8, Stokes, Henry 8 March 1864 merchant , Nellie M 30 September 1868 b-Minn.US, Elsie 14 May 1891, Clifford 19 October 1892, Lester 9 November 1899,
Library and Archives Canada, Census Year: 1911, Item Number: 6403312, Province: Ontario, District Name: Waterloo North, Sub-District Name: Berlin, http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/jpg/e002032971.jpg , contains -- , page 14, lines 11-15, Stokes, Henry 8 March 1864 traveler , Nellie Ann 30 September 1867 b-Minn.US, Elsie 14 May 1890, Clifford 19 October 1892, Lester 9 November 1899, living at 185 Frederick St. Berlin Ont.
"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27DF-94V : 15 March 2018), Henry Thomas Stokes in entry for Lester Stokes and Myrtle Leoline Orr, 30 May 1921; citing registration , Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,295,590.
Library and Archives Canada, Census Year: 1921, Item Number: 1916172, Province: Ontario, District Name: Kent, Sub-District Name: Chatham (City), http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002935860 , contains -- , page 16, lines 42-43, Stokes, Lester 1900 machinist , Myrtle 1901, living at 159 Lacroix St
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 June 2018), memorial page for Lester Stokes (9 Nov 1900–7 Feb 1998), Find A Grave Memorial no. 98573769, citing Riverside Cemetery, Sombra, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Gleek (contributor 47204949) .
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