Joseph Stevenson

Rue -Du-Bacquerot No. 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, France

Joseph Stevenson

Private No. 16591

6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.

Killed in action in France 12 October 1915. Age 21.

Buried in Rue-du-Bacquerot No 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, France. II. C. 23.

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Born in Oldcastle, Malpas in 1894.

Fourth son of William and Elizabeth Stevenson of Booth Cottages, Threapwood, Malpas.

The 1911 Census shows Joseph as a pigman on Manor Farm, Wychough, Malpas.

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Joseph’s older brother, Edward, also lost his life in the Great War. 

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Report in the Chester Chronicle 30th October 1915 regarding the death of Joseph Stevenson
Treapwood Another Heros Death
Threapwood has done well in the great war.

The first of her sons to fall was No. 9925 Pte. George Matthews, 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry, at Armentieres, on March 5th, after being out at the front from the commencement of the war.

He was the son of Mr. George Matthews, of Threapwood.

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The second hero from Threapwood is Pte. Joseph Stevenson, Cheshire Regiment, who fell in the last great attempt against the German redoubt. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stevenson, of Booth Cottages, Threapwood."