Son of William Henry and Alice Matilda Stockham (nee Sainsbury); husband of Mary Stockham (nee Kitt), of 31, Mercia Street, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at Trinity Street Station as foreman cleaner in the carriage and wagon department. A member of the Bolton Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Seriously wounded 17/05/1915 resulting in both feet being amputated. Died at the military hospital in Alexandria, Egypt.
Stockham, George Edward –
Personal details
- Surname: Stockham
- Forename: George Edward
- Date of birth: June 28th, 1874
- Birth place: Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 40
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 31st, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Junior Reserve Attendant
- Unit: Plymouth Battalion / St. John Ambulance Brigade.
- Service number: M/9781 (Ch)
- Regiment: Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve
- Enlistment date: August 9th, 1914 - 1914-08-09
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: M.i.D.; D.S.M.
Memorials
- St. John Ambulance Brigade WWI Roll of Honour - Bolton Corps (LOST)
- St. Mary the Virgin (Deane) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
- CWGC reference: L. 146.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 04/06/1915 11/06/1915 09/07/1915 23/07/1915 06/08/1915 10/12/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5e 5g* 5f 5f S1l* 5f
- Bolton Chronicle: 22/05/1915 05/06/1915 05/06/1915 12/06/1915 24/07/1915 11/12/1915