Press cutting: John Stokes RE on the Eastern Frontier 1845-1851.
Written by Dr P H Butterfield.
Pubished in 'Looking Back', Quartely Bulletin of Port Elizabeth Historical Society Vol 23 No 1, April 1983.
An account of Stokes' services against the Kaffirs, with notes on his later career including the organisation of the engineer corps of the Turkish Contingent during the Crimean War.
Associated with the 2nd Cape Frontier War (1789-1793), 3rd Cape Frontier War (1799-1803) and the Crimean War (1854-1856).