Thomas had been working with a Lewis gun party and was just about to be relieved when he was shot by a German bullet. C.S.M Stembridge wrote that the news was a shock to the Barnard Castle boys, who all expressed their sympathy.
Thomas had attended school in Barnard Castle, having lived with his grandmother in Ware Street.
Tom had been working with a Lewis gun party and was just about to be relieved when he was shot. C S M Stembridge wrote that the news was a shock to the boys of the Barnard Castle boys, who all expressed their sympathy.
Teesdale Mercury 26/07/1916 column three: Tom Stokeld, Ware Street Shot By German Sniper
Teesdale Mercury-12/05/1915: Local and other notes: Men wounded in F Company
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