Basic Details
Surname
Stevenson
Forenames
Ernest R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Ernest Robert
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Palmerston Road, Woodston.

(CWGC records that Private Ernest Robert Stevenson, regimental number 54740, died aged 18 on 19/10/1918 serving in 1st/8th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, and is buried in grave VI.A.12 of Terlincthun British Cemetery at Wimille, France. They record him as the son of Robert Stevenson of Peterborough. His birth was registered as Ernest Robert Stevenson in Peterborough in 1900. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents Robert and Henrietta at 61 Eastgate, Peterborough. On the 1911 census he and his father were lodging at 60 Star Road, Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Ernest died of wounds on 19/10/1918, and that his father Robert was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Middlesex
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
October
Manner of death as stated
Died of gas poisoning.
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
PALMERSTONE ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial