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Surname: STEPHENS
Forename(s): Nicholas Richard
Place of Birth: Rothwell, Yorkshire
Service No: 9660
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry, 2/1st
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: ---
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1918-10-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: CE. New Plot. 706.
CWGC Cemetery: GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Nicholas Richard Stephens (born 3 November 1894) was the son of Richard and Mary Jane Stephens, née Jarman. Richard was born at Truro, Cornwall and Mary at Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: Kirkgate - Nicolas Stevens, aged 6 years, born Rothwell, Yorkshire, son of Mary J. Stephens (married).
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 38, St. John's Street - Nicholas Richard Stephens, aged 16 years, born Rothwell, Yorkshire, nephew of Reuben and Harriet Stephens [née Jarman].
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Richard Nicholas Stephens, L/9960, 2/1 E. Rid.Yeo. Date and Place of Death: 10.10.18. At Sea. S.S. Leinster. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sister - Mary A. £2 3s. 8d. Sister - Marion Chapman. £2 3s. 8d. Sister - Maud E. £2 3s. 8d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
STEPHENS, Trooper N. R., aged 24, East Riding Yeomanry, 38, St. John’s Square, [Silsden], drowned Oct.10. 1918.
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Private Nicholas Richard STEPHENS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry, 2/1st
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18 October 1918
SILSDEN – A VICTIM OF THE HUNS
Official news has been received by Miss Maud Stephens of 38 St. John Street, that her brother, Private N. R. Stephens, West [East] Riding Yeomanry, was one of victims of the torpedoed steamer ‘Leinster’ on 10th October, while on its way from Dublin to Holyhead. Private Stephens was on his way home on leave, having been telegraphed for on account of his cousin being on leave from France. He was 24 years of age and had been in the Army about 12 months. The body has been recovered from the sea, and the funeral took place on Monday in Dublin.
25 October 12918
SILSDEN
We reproduce a photograph of Private N. R Stephens, of the West Riding Yeomanry, who was one of the victims of the torpedoed steamer ‘Leinster’ on October 10th while on her way from Dublin to Holyhead.
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18 October 1918
Sinking of the Leinster: Silsden Soldier Drowned
Among the victims who were drowned in the torpedoing or the mail steamer Leinster on Oct. 10th, while on its way from Dublin to Holyhead, appears the name of Pte. N.R. Stephens, of the East Riding Yeomanry, brother of Mrs. Maud Stephens, of 38, St. John’s Street, Silsden. Pte. Stephens, who was 24 years of age, enlisted about a year ago, and had been stationed in Ireland. It is believed that Pte. Stephens was on his way home on leave, a telegram having been despatched to him stating that his cousin had arrived home on leave from France. Official news of his death was received from the War Office on Monday, and a later telegram stated that his body had been recovered and that he was buried at Dublin on Monday.
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