James Leonard Thompson Vokes

1898 - abt 1974  (75 years)

• Name	James Leonard Thompson Vokes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	02 Sep 1898	Sandhurst   [1, 2, 5, 6]
  	son of Frederick Nevill Vokes (1858-1907), college servant, and Ethel Wilson Green (1868-1902) [3]
  Residence	Mar 1901	1 Loxwood Cottage, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst   [7]
  	with Frederick Vowkes [sic], 41 b Over, servant RM College; Ethel, 33 b Blandford, wife; Florence, 12 b Sandhurst; Reginald, 6; Harold, 4.
  Residence	Apr 1911	Royal Albert Orphan Asylum, Portsmouth Rd, Camberley   [8]
  Occupation	1915 - 1945	Signalman, Royal Navy  [2, 5, 9]
  	Engaged 17 Apr 1915 as boy 2nd class. Signal Boy 26 Aug 1915. Ordinary Signalman 02 Sep 1916. Signalman 26 Jul 1918. Acting Leading Signalman 11 Oct 1942. Served on Impregnable, Ganges, Victory, Hercules, Victorious, ..., Castor, Champion, Effingham, Osprey, Egmont, Victory, Centurion, Vernon, St Angelo, Weston, Pembroke, President (some several times). Pensioned & demobilised 1938. Re-engaged Aug 1939 for 6 years. Invalided 04 Apr 1945. Passenger on Aberdeen & Commonwealth "Moreton Bay" arr Southampton 18 Aug 1930: James L Vokes, age 32, signalman RN, emb Malta, dest RN Hospital, Portsmouth Passenger on British India "Domala" arr London 04 Aug 1937: James L T Vokes, signalman, HMS Weston, emb Malta, dest RN Barracks, Portsmouth
  		James Leonard Thompson Vokes (1898-1974) Royal Navy Service Record Card #1
  		James Leonard Thompson Vokes (1898-1974) Royal Navy Service Record Card #2
  Residence	May 1924	1 The Woodlands, Langton Rd, Kennington   [3]
  Marriage	10 May 1924	St John the Divine, Kennington
  	Elsie Margaret Hatcher,   b. 28 Jan 1897, Reading ,   d. abt May 1996, Truro
  Residence	abt 1945 - 1950	15 Sinhurst Rd, Camberley   [10]
  	not in electoral register 1955
  Occupation	aft 1945	Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst ; Gardener  [11]
  Death	abt Aug 1974	Truro   [6]
  Person ID	I5887	Tatham | Morris branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	08 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family	Elsie Margaret Hatcher,   b. 28 Jan 1897, Reading ,   d. abt May 1996, Truro  (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1924	St John the Divine, Kennington   [3, 4]
  	Witnesses: Harold Hatcher, Henry James Hatcher, Alice A Hatcher
  Notes	dau Margaret A Vokes (later Buckle), b 30 Dec 1928, resid with family Sep 1939
  Children	+ 1. Bernard James Henry Victor Vokes,   b. 27 Feb 1925, Portsmouth ,   d. 24 Nov 2006, Surrey W  (Age 81 years)
  Documents		James Vokes & Elsie Hatcher Marriage Register
  Last Modified	08 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F2129	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Easthampstead, 4Q1898. [S46] Navy Lists & Records, Registers of Seamen's Services. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St John the Divine, Kennington, 10 May 1924. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Lambeth, 2Q1924. [S12] Passenger Lists, Moreton Bay, 18 Aug 1930. age 32 [S02] BMD Index, death reg Truro, 3Q1974. b 02 Sep 1898 [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 2 b Sandhurst [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 12 b Sandhurst [S12] Passenger Lists, Domala, 04 Aug 1937. [S25] Electoral Registers. [S03] Family Members, DBV.