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Stephenson, T.E., A/Smn., 1916
On Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, is the name of Able Seaman Thomas Edward Stephenson, serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on H.M.S. “Queen Mary”, who died 31/05/1916.

Morpeth Herald 07/07/1916 carries a brief obituary:

Mr and Mrs W. Stephenson, of 13 Low Cross Row, Seaton Burn, have received a notification from the Admiralty that their son, T.E. Stephenson, A.B., R.N.V.R., was lost on the “Queen Mary”. Another son, Private W.L. Stephenson, of the Tyneside Scottish, has been wounded.

Thomas Edward Stephenson is remembered at Seaton Burn on S88.01 and on our List of Ships’ crews


The CWGC entry for Able Seaman Stephenson

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