Medical Information

Date December 1926
Description Gassed at a cellar fire - subsequently had an operation

Source References

  1. Nottingham Evening Post
      • Date: 29 September 1927
      • Page: Page 7
      • Citation:

        POPULAR OFFICER RESIGNS.

        CHIEF INSPECTOR STOKES LEAVING NOTTM. FIRE BRIGADE

        His many friends in the city will learn with regret that Chief Inspector John Stokes, second officer of the Nottingham Fire Brigade, is resigning his position.

        The resignation, which takes effect to-morrow, has been dictated by health reasons, and was tendered to the Watch Committee at their meeting yesterday.

        Inspector Stokes, who is a son of a former superintendend of the Wolverhampton Fire Brigade, served in the Navy as a petty officer during the war and from August 1921 was with the Dudley Fire Brigade and Police Force. He came to Nottingham in June, 1924.

        It will be recalled that in December last, while engaged at a cellar fire, he was badly gassed. Haemorrhage set in, and an operation was subsequently found necessary.