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G.E. Stevenson 1917
Rank : Private

George Edward  Stevenson

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In Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 32935 Private George Edward Stevenson, serving with the 10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, who died 23/12/1917.

In Holy Trinity Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:

In
Loving Memory
of
Edward
the beloved husband of
Margaret Stevenson,
who died Nov. 19, 1903
aged 50 years.
(of Widdrington Colliery)
also of
George Edward
Stevenson
beloved son of the above
who was killed in action
in France Dec. 23, 1917
aged 24 years
Buried at Zillebeke
South east of Ypres
Deeply mourned

Morpeth Herald 08/02/1918 carries a brief obituary:
ROLL OF HONOUR
STEVENSON.- Killed in action on the 23rd December, 1917, George Edward, the only son of Margaret Stevenson and of the late Edward Stevenson, of Widdrington Colliery.- Deeply mourned.

From George’s pension cards his mother Margaret moved to Bebside Furnace Gardens and then later to Abyssinia House, Ashington.

George Edward Stevenson is remembered at Bebside on B14.02 and at Blyth on B42.24

First Name: George Edward

Last Name: Stevenson

Service Number: 32935

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 23/12/1917

Rank: Private

Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment

Served in: Army

Unit/Ship: 10th Battalion

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