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COMMISSIONED GUNNER GEOFFREY HAROLD STEVENS
Royal Navy H.M.S. Aurora
Date of Death 30 October 1943 Age 38 years old
Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 73, Column 1.
Son of John Ernest and Margaret Jane Stevens; husband of Freda Clara Stevens, of Gosport, Hampshire.
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Goefrrey Harold Stevens was born in Morcombelake in the parish of Whitchurch
Canonicorum in 1904. His parents were John Ernest Stevens (1866-1931) and
Margaret Jane (nee Larcombe 1870 – 1957). In 2011 Cenus Geoffrey was 6 years old
and the occupation of his father was Assistant Overseer (Own Account) and Egg &
Poultry Dealer. Geoffrey married to Freda Clara (nee Kingley-Jupp) in September
1930. Geoffrey Stevens was killed during bombing of the Aurora on 30th October
1943. Probate was granted to his widow Freda Clara Stevens at Elson Road, Gosport,
Hants.
Geoffrey Harold Stevens is remembered on the family grave in the Chideock
Cemetery and commemorated on the Chideock War Memorial.
John Stevens and his wife Margaret lost two sons in WW2 – Arthur William died 8th
August 1943 and Geoffrey Harold was killed in action of 30th October 1943.