British Army Veterinary Corps
Harold Percival STOKES
Private
Died 11 September 1917 · Aged 20
His story
Harold Percival Stokes worked as a farm labourer before his Army service. He was the son of Mr. Stokes, of Caldecott, Uppingham.
He served as a private with the 14th Veterinary Hospital, Army Veterinary Corps, under service number SE/20888. He died on 11 September 1917, aged twenty, and was buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery. The compiled service record gives meningitis as his cause of death.
His Find a Grave memorial gives his birth date as 28 August 1897 and birthplace as Caldecott.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Occupation
- Farm Labourer
- Family
- Son of Mr. Stokes, of Caldecott, Uppingham.
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/20888
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 14th Veterinary Hospital
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 11 September 1917
- Age
- 20
- Recorded cause
- Meningitis
- Cemetery or memorial
- Mont Huon Military Cemetery
- Grave reference
- IV. N. 2B.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Research record number: 252
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Harold Percival Stokes”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/stokes-harold-percival-se-20888/.
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