Private George Thomas Stevens (12897)
2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 15th July 1916 (age 22)
photo submitted by Philip Denyer (great nephew)
  

 

Report in the local paper with regards his death
(The Bromsgrove Droitwich and Redditch Messenger 23rd September 1916)
  
Private George Thomas Stevens was born at Upton Warren near Bromsgrove, one of twelve children of Joseph and Mary Ann Stevens (nee Hipkiss). His father was a farm worker. George Thomas married Alice Banner at Bromsgrove in 1915. They had one child Kathleen M. Stevens. After his death Alice re-married James Ward and lived at 10 Rigby Lane, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

Private George Thomas Stevens enlisted at Worcester and went to France on 12th August 1914 with the 2nd Battalion. He was killed at High Wood whilst acting as a runner for his officer, carrying messages to the frontline. He is also commemorated on the War Memorial in Aston Fields, Bromsgrove.
 

 
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