NAM.2005-06-720-1

Circular metal identity disc for Claude Bayfield Stokes, 3rd Skinner’s Horse, 1900-1922 (c). Stokes joined Skinner’s Horse as a Captain in 1900, and left as a Lt Colonel in 1922. Claude Bayfield Stokes (b 1875) was commissioned into the East Kent Regiment in 1895, transferred as a Lieutenant into the 5th Bengal Cavalry (as a medical officer) in 1897 and then into Skinner’s Horse as a Captain in 1900. He became a Major in 1912, a Brevet Lt Colonel in 1918 and a substantive Lt Col in 1921. He served on the North West Frontier in 1897-1898 (presumably with the 5th Bengal Cavalry), and in World War One (1914-1918) with Skinner’s Horse, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was awarded the DSO in 1919, as well as earning an OBE and a CIE.