BORN COTTINGHAM 1887. SON OF OLAF S & CHRISTINA STEPHENSON, OF COTTINGHAM AND 10 PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS DANISH AND A SEED MERCHANT EMPLOYER. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, IN 1904. MARRIED. HIS WIFE KATHLEEN LIVED IN NOKOMIS, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, NAMED MAJORIE. RETURNED TO ENGLAND TO ENLIST. SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 8TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED ON THE OPENING ATTACK ON THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 29.
First name:
OLAF STEPHEN
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
29
