David Benjamin Stokes was born on the 9th April 1895 in Mile End, London, and was baptised on the 28th April 1895 at St Dunstan and All Saints Church, Stepney. He was the eldest child of John David and Ellen Stokes (nee Jordan). His father was a carman and he had ten siblings, two of whom died in infancy. 

David joined the Royal Field Artillery and became a prisoner of war in Germany. He died on the 6th January 1919 and is buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery.

Sandra Wright