# Sergeant Stokes — Seven Pillars of Wisdom character guide

> Sergeant Stokes in Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Stokes

**First appearance:** 0034-xxviii

## Who they are

A British sergeant who operates a machine gun with the Arabs.

## In the story

### [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/seven_pillars_of_wisdom_se/chapters/lx)

Instructor training Arab squads in Akaba; stocky English yeoman.

### [LXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/seven_pillars_of_wisdom_se/chapters/lxiv)

Searches for gun positions during the reconnaissance of Mudowwara station.

### [LXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/seven_pillars_of_wisdom_se/chapters/lxv)

Manages the Stokes gun; suffers from dysentery.

### [LXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/seven_pillars_of_wisdom_se/chapters/lxvi)

Operates the Stokes mortar during the ambush, firing shells into the Turkish positions.

### [LXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/seven_pillars_of_wisdom_se/chapters/lxvii)

Operates the trench mortars, suffers from dysentery, and participates in the retreat.

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