Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 31 December , 2017 Share Posted 31 December , 2017 Dear all, I am currently cataloguing a huge number of documents relating to 2nd Lt Louis Stokes RMLI, killed at Beaumont Hamel on the 13th of November 1916. They were found in a battered old leather suitcase in the archives of Rugby School, which Louis attended between 1911 and 1916. Some of his letters were published in 1995 in 'A Dear and Noble Boy', but there is much more besides - all of his letters home from Rugby School and the Royal Marines between 1911 and 1916, all of his school reports and bills, his letter offering a commission, Cambridge application, postcards, telegrams, poems and essays. Even his dog tags and the telegrams informing his parents of his death, as well as lots of letters of condolence. I am running a blog to highlight what I find, and you can keep up to date with it here: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 31 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2017 The latest post: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/home-again/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 2 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2018 Bills, bills, bills... https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/bills-bills-bills/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 3 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2018 A week of triumphs: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/a-week-of-triumphs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 3 January , 2018 Share Posted 3 January , 2018 I read the book. Most poignant. Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 3 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2018 Clouds on the Horizon: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/clouds-on-the-horizon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 9 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2018 'Most awfully bucked!' An Edwardian 15th Birthday: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/most-awfully-bucked-an-edwardian-15th-birthday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 9 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2018 'An awfully tweaky sermon!' https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/an-awfully-tweaky-sermon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 11 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 11 January , 2018 Forthcoming Book: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/forthcoming-book/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 12 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 12 January , 2018 Boy, Soldier, Prisoner, Headmaster: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/01/12/boy-soldier-prisoner-headmaster/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 14 January , 2018 Admin Share Posted 14 January , 2018 I assume that you will be mentioning Frank de Pass VC in due course. I visited his grave today. There's a quote from Rupert Brooke on his stone and it mentioned he was educated at Rugby in the register. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 17 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 February , 2018 I will indeed - in fact I will be visiting his grave on Tuesday too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 22 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2018 Back from a visit to Louis' grave in France: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/really-finding-louis/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 24 March , 2018 Author Share Posted 24 March , 2018 A new post, now that the school term has finished for Easter: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/hoyle-and-hardbags/#more-182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 27 March , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 March , 2018 It sounds like they were lucky to survive a match... https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/we-fought-hard-and-grimly/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 29 March , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 March , 2018 Famous names: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/famous-names/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 29 March , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 March , 2018 A popular song of the war, written by the Adjt of 6 DLI, who later became the Headmaster of Rugby School. https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/carry-on-sergeant-major/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 27 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2018 'Podders at War' - a portrait in a storeroom and death in the trenches. https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/podders-at-war/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 27 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2018 "Today we have seen strange things". Back to school in January 1913: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/today-we-have-seen-strange-things/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 27 May , 2018 Share Posted 27 May , 2018 By all means, display the gallant Podders! Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 29 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 May , 2018 Kim, I do hope so! Here's the next post, in which we learn a little about others' opinions of Louis too: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/a-very-strange-young-man/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 29 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 May , 2018 'Good catch Sir!' https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/good-catch-sir/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 29 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 May , 2018 A Family Portrait: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/family-life/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 29 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 May , 2018 A personal note: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/a-personal-note/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Stokes 1916 Posted 30 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2018 The sad death of a second Rugbeian Olympian: https://findinglouis1916.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/a-second-olympian/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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