Newcastle Journal Thursday 10/04/1941
Newcastle Journal Thursday 10/04/1941
Albert Stokoe, born 1914, was the 4th son of William Stokoe and his late wife, of Brandon, was reported as 'missing'.
Mrs Stokoe, [Albert's wife], residing at 9 Catherine Street, Bearpark, has now received official notification, on her second wedding anniversary that her husband died of wounds at Malo-Les-Bains in June last year, [1940]. He was aged 27, and had served three years in the Coldstream Guards, and was called up at the outbreak of the war. Before the war, he was employed at Pit House Colliery, Brandon.
Acknowledgments: Eddie Castling
Research: James Pasby
Albert Stokoe is remembered at Brandon on B152.02, at Meadowfield on M50.02 and at Bearpark on B136.02
