BORN HULL 1892. SON OF EDWIN AND HARRIET ANN STEPHENSON, of 4 BEDFORD STREET, HULL, 7, WILLIAMS TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL AND 40, WALLER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A BLACK LEAD PRESSER. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, MAJOR & CO, HULL.
HE ENLISTED HULL. JOINED THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS (TERRITORIALS). TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH CHESHIRE REGIMENT. DIED IN IRAQ, ON 30/07/1917, AGED 25.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENTTO HIS MOTHER, HARRIET ANN.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WENLOCK BARRACKS ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/08/1917. *
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, EDWIN STEPHENSON, 29373, 11TH ROYAL SCOTS WAS KILLED ON 2ND JUNE 1918 AND IS BURIED AT LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK, FRANCE. BOTH SONS WAR PENSIONS WENT TO THEIR MOTHER.
