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Arthur William Stevens

 

Stevens, Arthur William, enlisted at Sussex, New Brunswick, originally of Birmingham, England. Occupation: Farmer. Military Service: Private, Lance Sergeant, Reg. No. 444939, 55th Bn. transferred to PPCLI. Attestation Papers. Diary Reference: “Sergt. [F.W.] Turner was hit in the neck and later I heard he died, Corp. [A.W.] Stevens in the stomach,” 6:26 Aug ’18. According to Hodder-Williams, 334, L/Sgt. Died of wounds received near Monchy on 26 August 1918.

Date of Death: 30 August 1918. See casualty details, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Buried at Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, between Ligny St. Flochel and Averdoingt, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Reference: III.C.3.

 

Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, Pas de Calais, France.

 

Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery