Name
Harry Stevens
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/11/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
54559
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
3rd Reserve Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MARKYATE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) NEW CHURCHYARD
B. 252.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary the Virgin Church Roll of Honour, Flamstead
Markyate Village Memorial
St John The Baptist Church Memorial, Markyate
Pre War
Son of Charles and Louisa Stevens of Cleveland Road, Markyate.
Wartime Service
Harry spent three years in Salonica but was invalided home following a bout of malaria. Whilst on the usual 10 days leave before returning to his unit he caught influenza and died the day before Armistice was signed.
Additional Information
Harry's grave (not CWGC) bears the inscription:
HARRY STEVENS WHO DIED NOVEMBER 10TH 1918 AGED 25 YEARS
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Anne & Gordon Mead
