Second Lieutenant John Alan Stokes
Regiment: Royal Irish Fusiliers
Panel reference: Panel 140 to 14
Date published: 05/10/1917
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 16/08/1917
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Information: Second Lieutenant John Alan Stokes, Royal Irish Fusiliers, who was killed in action on August 16th, 1917, was the younger son of Mr. Alan B. Stokes, C.E., Belfast. He was a member of the National Volunteers and enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers in September, 1914. He went through many engagements in 1916 and was twice wounded. He received his commission in March, 1917.