James Stokes

Private James Stokes VC (6 February 1915 – 1 March 1945) was a British Army soldier and a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

For the American businessman, see James Boulter Stokes. For the American millionaire socialist writer, political activist, and philanthropist, see James Graham Phelps Stokes. For the 19th century U.S. Representative from South Carolina, see J. William Stokes.

James Stokes
Born6 February 1915
Hutchesontown, Glasgow
Died1 March 1945 (aged 30)
Kervenheim, Rhineland, Germany
Buried
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, near Kleve
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankPrivate
Service number1592376
UnitKing's Shropshire Light Infantry
Battles/warsWorld War II
  • Western Allied invasion of Germany  †
AwardsVictoria Cross
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