Source: Duty Nobly Done, page 264
Family Search: When Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Gladstone Stokes was born on 29 July 1893, in Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Samuel Cole Stokes, was 44 and his mother, Margaret Grieve, was 44. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Jennie Louise Pollard. He lived in Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States in 1978. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1958, at the age of 65, his occupation is listed as packaging manager, imperial oil canada ltd. in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 March 1978, in Treasure Island, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
Post about a letter Lt. Stoke wrote after an action.
Publication date:9 December 1919. Supplement: 31680 Page:15393
For conspicuous gallantry and initiative at Ciply on 10th November, 1918. He went forward as a scout officer, through the enemy’s line, entered the village which was occupied by the enemy, locating their positions and strength, and brought back information which enabled the battalion to attack and capture the village with slight casualties.
Source: The London Gazette. Publication date: 9 December 1919. Supplement: 31680. Page:15393.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 