Biography of Gunner Percy Edward Stevenson (544310)
Labour Corps
Formerly 89961 Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment
Died 1st December 1918
Soldier
- Name: Percy Edward Stevenson
- Date of birth: 1897
- Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- Date of Birth Registration: April – June 1897
- Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father
- Name: Richard Beaver Stevenson
- DOB: 1867
- Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- Occupation: Butcher
Mother
- Name: Elizabeth Esther Porter
- DOB: 1866
- Place Of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- Marriage: 1895 Bourne District
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)
- Percy Edward Stevenson, 1897, Bourne
Census
- 1901: Percy is living with his parents in his grandfather’s house at 19 Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire
- 1911: Percy is living with his parents in Bourne, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 13 and he is listed as still being at school.
Relatives in services
- Percy’s cousin John Richard Stevenson also fought and were killed in WW1. John can be found on our page dedicated to the Bourne War Memorial.
Marriage
- No marriage for Percy has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.
Newspaper Mentions
- Grantham Journal Saturday 7th December 1918
THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC at Bourne claims yet another victim, in the person of Pte. Percy Ed. Stevenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stevenson, North Road. Deceased was taken ill about a fortnight ago with influenza, which developed into pneumonia, to which he succumbed on Sunday last. Deceased had been in the Army since attaining the age of 18. He was gassed whilst on active service and in hospital some time, after which he was working on the land in the neighbourhood of Bourne. Deceased was only child and the deepest sympathy is expressed to the parents. The funeral took place at Bourne Cemetery, on Wednesday, the Rev. H. G. Drake officiating.
Military Records
Attestation Papers
- None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War
- None found
Pension Records
- Available
Effects Left To
- Mother Elizabeth E
Medals
- The British Medal
- The Victory Medal
Memorials
- UK:
- Bourne, Roll of Honour in Bourne Abbey Church
- Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In memory of Gunner Percy Edward Stevenson, 89961, Labour Corps who died on 1 December 1918
- Remembered with honour, Bourne Cemetery
- Grave 70.22
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
Military Service Timeline
- Died of Pneumonia
- This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources
- WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
- British Newspaper Archive.
- Fold 3
- Find My Past
- Genealogist
- Forces War Records
- British Army Service Numbers
- War Gratuity Calculator
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
- General Registry Office