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Flt Lt Edmund 'Eddie' CHEEK AFC,DFM (Secondary)

Flt Lt Edmund Stokes 'Eddie' CHEEK AFC, DFM (Secondary)

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Flt Lt Edmund 'Eddie' STOKES AFC, DFM

1922 - 1999

Flight Sergeant, Wireless Operator RAF of Cheltenham R.D., Gloucestershire

John STOKES

~1711 - bur.1765

of Sarsden, Oxfordshire

Thomas STOKES

bap.1758 - 1817

of Churchill, Oxfordshire

Anne WILLIAMS

~1723 - bur.1795

of Sarsden, Oxfordshire

Thomas STOKES

bap.1796 - 1860

Stonemason of Churchill, Oxfordshire

William NAISH

~1724 - ~1799

of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Elizabeth NAISH

bap.1758 - ~1819

of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Daniel MEADS

~1696 - ~1781

Traveller of No fixed abode

Ann MEADS

bap.1737 - ~1797

of Halford, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire

Thomas STOKES

1816 - 1885

Wheelwright of Bicester, Oxfordshire

William MORTIMER ALS BAKER

~1559 - 1609

Yeoman of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire

William MORTIMER

~1607 - 1657

Yeoman of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire

Thomas MORTIMER

~1611 - ~1645

of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire

Margaret [MORTIMER]

~1628 - bur.1678

of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire

John MORTIMER

bap.1674 - bur.1729

Yeoman of Duns Tew, Oxfordshire

Beatrice [MORTIMER]

~1617 - ~1667

Thomas MORTIMORE

bap.1719 - bur.1790

of Piddington, Bicester, Oxfordshire

William FENNYMORE

~1581 - ~1656

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Mariana VENIMORE

~1585 - bur.1635

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

William VENEMORE

bap.1614 - 1684

Yeoman of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Elizabeth [FENNYMORE]

~1581 - ~1656

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

William VENIMORE

bap.1644 - bur.1707

Yeoman of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Andrew HYDE

~1578 - ~1663

of Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Marianne [HYDE]

~1585 - bur.1635

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Elizabeth HYDE

bap.1619 - 1705

of Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Elizabeth [HYDE]

~1578 - ~1628

Alice VENIMORE

bap.1677 - bur.1754

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Unknown ALLEY ALS LEVERETT

~1601 - ~1651

Grace ALLEY

~1642 - 1728

of Charlton-on-Otmoor, Kidlington, Oxfordshire

Thomas MORTIMORE

bap.1759 - 1842

Agricultural labourer of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Ann GOUGH

~1711 - bur.1770

of Chesterton, Oxfordshire

Martha MORTIMER

bap.1797 - 1869

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Unknown HORWOOD

~1511 - ~1561

of Noke, Oxfordshire

Richard 'Goodman' HORWOOD

~1544 - 1593

of Noke, Oxfordshire

Richard HORWOOD

bap.1581 - ~1648

of Noke, Oxfordshire

Alice 'Goodwyff' FLAXMAN

~1544 - 1597

of Noke, Oxfordshire

William HARWOOD

bap.1618 - ~1668

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Catharine PARSONS

~1591 - bur.1682

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Daniel HORWOOD

bap.1646 - ~1708

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Mary [HARWOOD]

~1610 - ~1660

Daniel HORWOOD

bap.1682 - ~1744

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Mary HATCHMAN

~1637 - ~1713

of Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Joseph HORWOOD

bap.1707 - ~1767

of Chesterton, Oxfordshire

Joseph BLACKWELL

~1632 - ~1682

Mary BLACKWELL

~1673 - ~1748

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

William HORWOOD

bap.1728 - bur.1799

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

John TOOLEY

~1637 - ~1722

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

John TOOL(E)Y

bap.1678 - ~1728

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Anne TOOL(E)Y

bap.1705 - ~1766

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Hannah HORWOOD

bap.1761 - bur.1834

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Thomas RUSH

~1640 - bur.1702

Gardener of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Robert RUSH

bap.1691 - bur.1759

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

John PERKINS

~1615 - ~1699

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Alice PERKINS

bap.1653 - ~1713

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Judith RUSH

bap.1726 - bur.1800

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

John HERITAGE

~1642 - bur.1692

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Mary HERITAGE

bap.1688 - bur.1768

of Bicester, Oxfordshire

Frederick STOKES

1845 - 1917

Coachbuilder of Bledington, Gloucestershire

Thomas BROWNING

~1653 - ~1728

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Thomas BROWNING

bap.1690 - 1723

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Ann PARKER

~1653 - 1692

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Samuel BROWNING

bap.1720 - bur.1757

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

John PRICE

~1650 - ~1735

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Elizabeth PRICE

bap.1691 - 1723

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Mrs John [PRICE]

~1650 - ~1700

Thomas BROWNING

bap.1754 - ~1817

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

John ENGLISH

1692 - ~1751

of Westport St Mary, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Elizabeth ENGLISH

bap.1715 - 1786

of Westport St Mary, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Jeremiah BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH

~1637 - ~1703

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Jeremiah BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH

bap.1658 - bur.1695

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Unknown [BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH]

~1608 - ~1658

Hester BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH

bap.1676 - ~1726

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Elizabeth [BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH]

~1652 - ~1718

Isaac BROWNING

bap.1784 - 1848

Stonemason of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Richard MANN

1684 - bur.1772

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Thomas MANN

bap.1718 - bur.1790

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Sarah BAYLY

1685 - bur.1743

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Mary MANN

bap.1759 - ~1819

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

John COX Snr

~1662 - bur.1712

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

John COX Jnr

bap.1682 - bur.1737

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Mrs Mary [COX] Snr

~1665 - bur.1715

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Mary COX

bap.1721 - bur.1789

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Mrs Mary [COX] Jnr

1689 - bur.1763

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Eliza BROWNING

1815 - 1886

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Thomas LOCK

~1685 - ~1770

of Ashton Keynes, Swindon, Wiltshire

William LOCK

bap.1726 - ~1793

of Doughton, Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Phillis [LOCK]

~1685 - ~1735

George LOCK

1757 - ~1821

of Doughton, Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Margarett ROBERTS

~1724 - ~1794

of Preston, Circencester, Gloucestershire

Mary LOCK

1787 - 1870

of Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Elizabeth 'Betty' WEBB

1761 - 1844

of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire

Frederick Thomas STOKES

1876 - 1928

Pianist of Evesham, Worcestershire

Richard DAY

~1657 - ~1742

of Donnington, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Nicholas DAY

bap.1698 - ~1748

of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire

Thomas DAY

1741 - 1815

of Broad Campden, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Mary [DAY]

~1712 - ~1762

John DAY

bap.1769 - 1853

Carpenter of Blockley, Worcestershire

Edward CURRIER

~1677 - bur.1732

of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

John CURRIER

bap.1723 - bur.1765

of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

Henry ELLIOTTS

~1683 - 1733

Needlemaker of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

Elizabeth ELLIOTTS

bap.1681 - bur.1732

of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

Sarah CURRIER

1748 - 1826

of Bretforton, Worcestershire

John HUNT

~1690 - ~1765

of Bretforton, Worcestershire

Susannah HUNT

bap.1724 - bur.1786

of Bretforton, Worcestershire

Thomas CURTIS

~1668 - ~1743

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Anne CURTIS

bap.1701 - bur.1767

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Richard EDEN

~1638 - ~1688

Mary EDEN

bap.1680 - ~1740

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Thomas DAY

1810 - 1889

Millwright of Blockley, Worcestershire

John POOLLY

~1737 - ~1822

of Cropthorne, Worcestershire

Rebecca POOLLY

1778 - 1843

of Cropthorne, Worcestershire

Eleanor [POOLLY]

~1749 - ~1799

Ann Rebecca DAY

1844 - 1912

of Evesham, Worcestershire

Richard DAY

~1657 - ~1742

of Donnington, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Nicholas DAY

bap.1698 - ~1748

of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire

Thomas DAY

1741 - 1815

of Broad Campden, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Mary [DAY]

~1712 - ~1762

John DAY

bap.1769 - 1853

Carpenter of Blockley, Worcestershire

Edward CURRIER

~1677 - bur.1732

of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

John CURRIER

bap.1723 - bur.1765

of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

Henry ELLIOTTS

~1683 - 1733

Needlemaker of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

Elizabeth ELLIOTTS

bap.1681 - bur.1732

of Inkberrow, Worcestershire

Sarah CURRIER

1748 - 1826

of Bretforton, Worcestershire

John HUNT

~1690 - ~1765

of Bretforton, Worcestershire

Susannah HUNT

bap.1724 - bur.1786

of Bretforton, Worcestershire

Thomas CURTIS

~1668 - ~1743

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Anne CURTIS

bap.1701 - bur.1767

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Richard EDEN

~1638 - ~1688

Mary EDEN

bap.1680 - ~1740

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

John DAY

bap.1794 - 1838

Millwright of Blockley, Worcestershire

Joseph PEMBERTON

~1728 - ~1803

of Blockley, Worcestershire

Elizabeth PEMBERTON

1764 - 1803

of Blockley, Worcestershire

John HARRIS

bap.1703 - ~1764

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Mary HARRIS

1733 - bur.1808

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Thomas WOODWARD

~1632 - ~1682

Thomas WOODWARD

bap.1673 - 1748

Mason of Aston Subedge, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Elizabeth [WOODWARD]

~1632 - ~1682

Sarah WOODWARD

bap.1706 - ~1765

of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Anne ACOX

~1661 - ~1731

Elizabeth DAY

bap.1815 - 1883

of Evesham, Worcestershire

William BROTHERTON

~1753 - 1831

Market gardener of Evesham, Worcestershire

Esther BROTHERTON

1790 - 1874

of Worcestershire

Mary [BROTHERTON]

~1761 - ~1811

Ivy May STOKES

1900 - 1959

of Evesham, Worcestershire

Amy Annie BERRY

1875 - 1955

of Kineton, Warwick, Warwickshire

Spouses and Descendants

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Flt Lt Edmund 'Eddie' STOKES AFC, DFM

1922 - 1999

Flight Sergeant, Wireless Operator RAF of Cheltenham R.D., Gloucestershire

m. Mary E F SHARLAND (1934 - ?)

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m. A Private Individual ()

A Private Individual

Narrative and Notes

Eddie STOKES was adopted aged about 10 by a William and Dorothy CHEEK. The family believe that the adoption was completed in London, but that might refer to the normal High Court completion of the adoption.

During the Second World War Eddie served as a Flight Sergeant in No. 224 Sqn RAF. The squadron main role was as an anti-submarine unit and was based variously in Cornwall, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Hampshire. The unit flew Lockheed Hudson and from 1942 Consolidated Liberators.

In October 1943 while working as a wireless operator he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. The citation reads:

CHEEK, Edmund. 553156 Flight Sergeant, No.224 Sqn.

L.G. 1/10/1943. Wireless Operator. Press Release.

This airman has taken part in many operational sorties against enemy submarines and shipping, both from this country and America. On his return to the United Kingdom, he was posted to his present squadron where he has continued to show a fine fighting spirit and great ability. He has taken part in eight attacks on U-boats in addition to many searches and strikes against surface vessels. On one occasion, his aircraft was pursued for 45 minutes be an enemy fight which was successfully evaded, largely due to fire control and commentary furnished by Flight Sergeant Cheek. His coolness and efficiency as a Wireless Operator have been highly commendable.

In 1947 he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant. When he left the RAF he joined the Colonial Service and was Air Traffic Controller in Zanzibar. He and his family lived all over East Africa before his job took him the The Solomon Islands in the Pacific, and the Kiribati. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in June 1955.

Timeline

Personal Family World

Date

Age^*

Event

Place

Q3 1922

Birth

Cheltenham R.D., Gloucestershire

Occupation: Flight Sergeant, Wireless Operator RAF

19 May 1932

Adoption

London, Middlesex

Q4 1939

Marriage of sister Margaret STOKES and Hubert SMITH

Evesham R.D., Worcestershire

Q3 1959

Death of mother Ivy May STOKES

Cheltenham R.D., Gloucestershire

17 Jan 1977

Death of mother Dorothy Agnes HERD

Florida, USA

17 Dec 1977

Death of father William John CHEEK

Volusia County, Florida, USA

1999

Death

Barnstaple, Devon

Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age

Citations

1 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s) Hubert
Last name Smith
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1939
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ Hubert Smith married one of these peopleMargaret Stokes
Spouse's last name Stokes
District Evesham
District number -
County Worcestershire
Country England
Volume 6C
Volume as transcribed 6C
Page number 831
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Great Britain, England

2 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)
Ivy M
Last name
Wood
Gender
Unknown
Birth day
-
Birth month
-
Birth year
1900
Age
59
Death quarter
3
Death year
1959
District
Cheltenham
County
Gloucestershire
Volume
7B
Page
235
Country
England
Record set
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s)	Ivy M
Last name	Wood
Gender	Unknown
Birth day	-
Birth month	-
Birth year	1900
Age	59
Death quarter	3
Death year	1959
District	Cheltenham
County	Gloucestershire
Volume	7B
Page	235
Country	England
Record set	England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007