BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM STEPHENSON (1870-1908) & ELLEN WITTY (1872-1943), OF 32 CLEVELAND STREET, WITHAM, HULL AND 1 CHAPMAN STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SISTERS ELSIE & NELLIE. CENSUS PHOTO. A LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 04/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/02/1916, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, ELLEN, AT 1 CHAPMAN STREET, HULL AND 11, BEACONSFIELD AVENUE, CORNWALL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH MARCH 1916.