They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We shall remember them.
John Thomas Coakes, child of John Thomas Coakes and Ellen Rose was born in 1921. Lived in Hamworthy. Fought in WW2 (dogtag# LT/JX 200624) as a Seaman in the H.M. Trawler Southcoates of the Navy. Died on Jan 20 1943 at the age of 22 in United Kingdom. Buried at Sec. 3 Grave 13192 in Poole in Dorset.