Joseph Stevenson

Remembered with Honour in the Rue -Du-Bacquerot No. 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, France1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

Joseph Stevenson.

Personal Details:

Born in Oldcastle, Malpas in 1894.

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

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

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Military Details:

Regiment:           6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.

Rank:                 Private.

Serial Number:   16591.

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in France on 12th October 1915. Aged 21.

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

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Medals and Awards:

Joseph was awarded the Campaign Medals (1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further Information:

Joseph’s older brother, Edward, also lost his life in 1917 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."