Thomas Edward – Stevenson – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 26/10/1917

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Title

Thomas Edward – Stevenson – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 26/10/1917

Initials / forenames

Thomas Edward

Surname

Stevenson

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 14th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

30289

Railway department

Peterborough, Locomotive,Carriage & Wagon Dept

Railway job

Clerk

Date died

26/10/1917

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine, May 1918, p104

Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial

Notes

Age 22, Stevenson joined the GER in September 1912 in Peterborough. Enlisted in the Hunts Cyclist Corps in Nov 1915, and was transferred to the Warwickshire Regiment in June 1916, as a company stretcher bearer. He was killed in action, shot by sniper.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)

Date entered

22/08/2016

Last updated

22/08/2016

Citation

“Thomas Edward – Stevenson – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 26/10/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/45195.