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Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 18/Durham Light Infantry |
18th (Service) Battalion (1st County) This and other battalions (below) often known by the name of the Durham Pals. Formed at Cocken Hall in County of Durham on 10 September 1914 by Col. R.Burdon and a committee. Moved in December to Fencehouses, thenback to Cocken Hall in February 1915 and to Fencehouses again in March. May 1915 : moved to Cramlington then Ripon, attached to 93rd Brigade in 31st Division. Went to Fovant in September. 6 December 1915 : sailed from Liverpool for Egypt, arriving Port Said on 21 December. Went on to France, arriving 11 March 1916. |
| Action : |
An inter-department memo shows that Acting Company Sergeant Major J.W. Stokoe had been transferred from the 87th T.R. Battalion to the Depot of the Durham Light Infantry on 7th September 1918. His record shows that it was the 18th Service Battalion that he joined.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Barnard No. 1230 E.C. | Durham |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th April 1913 | 2nd May 1913 | 4th July 1913 |
Listed as a Schoolmaster from Inglestone when initiated, aged 23 into Barnard Lodge No. 1230 in 1913. War service is recorded for almost the entire war from 1915 to 1919. He is included on the Roll of Honour for Barnard Lodge, but as a survivor of the Great war not listed in the 1921 book or 1940 scroll.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley