STOKES, ALEXANDER
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Private
14698675
01/10/1944
19
The Gordon Highlanders 2nd Bn.
I. D. 13.
He died that we might live
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Son of David and Margaret Baxter Stokes. of Chryston, Lanarkshire.
Died in the battles around Best. Initially buried at Sint Oedenrodeseweg 11, Best.
From the service records of Alexander Stokes, the following account can be reconstructed.
Alexander Stokes was born on 22 August 1925 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire. In civilian life he worked as a light lorry driver.
He enlisted in the British Army on 6 January 1944 and joined the General Service Corps. On 8 February 1944 he was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders.
Alexander Stokes embarked for service in North West Europe on 31 July 1944.
According to his service records, he was 5 feet 5⅝ inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Alexander Stokes was killed in action on 1 October 1944.
