Lieutenant-Colonel Fred Vokes
8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Hussars)
9th Armoured Regiment (British Columbia Dragoons)

I think in his last fight he must have been a little overzealous. But he always was a touraloo! type. He always had to be in the lead, where things were happening … As well he had a great belief in his own personal luck and tended to ignore the enemy’s shot and shell.

(Chris Vokes, My Story, 165)

Born in Ceylon on 29 September 1906, Frederick Alexander Vokes was the son of a British Army officer, an RMC graduate, and Permanent Force officer with the Lord Strathcona’s Horse. On the formation of the 2nd Canadian Division, in June 1940, Vokes became liaison officer for Major-General Victor Odlum before being given command of the 4th Canadian Reconnaissance Squadron in August. He was the young brother of Major-General Christopher Vokes.

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