Photo: Brian Chandler
In
Loving memory of
Sarah Jane
dearly beloved wife of
Robert Stoker,
of Percy Main
who died May 18th 1922
in her 66th year.
Also of the above
Robert Stoker
who died February 3rd 1933,
aged 75 years.
Also their grandson
Pvte. Robert Stoker
Black Watch Regt.,
killed in action
Nov. 18th 1944, aged 30 years.
William Hindmarsh Stoker,
second son
Died July 7th 1952,
aged 74 years
Sarah Jane Stoker
eldest daughter
Died August 16th 1952
aged 72 years.
Jacqueline M. Walton (nee Stoker) has written to say:
"Robert (Bob) was my Uncle, my Dad’s older brother. Bob did indeed serve in the Black Watch, I have the last letter he ever wrote home. As with most of the soldiers at the front he took turns writing to family. It just happens that the week he was injured and died was the week he wrote to my Mum and Dad.
I was also told by a cousin that Bob was injured and taken to a hospital station. By coincidence his Sister’s husband was serving as an orderly. He was told by a colleague that a ‘Geordie’ from his neck of the woods had been brought in, in quite a bad way. Although he was off duty, he made his way over to where Bob was, Bob briefly regained consciousness and spoke with his brother in law. He passed away during the night.
Bob left a wife and two young children".
He is remembered in Percy Main on P22.02
