The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J E Stevens

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Private John Edward STEVENS, G/30825, "B" Company, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 29479, Royal West Surrey Regiment),  killed in action, Flanders France, 31st July 1918, age 19.

Born Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, son of George and Alice Stevens, of Primrose Hill, King's Langley, Hertfordshire.

1911 Census - Primrose Hill, King's Langley, Hertfordshire - George Stevens, head, age 50, married, labourer paper coating mill, born Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire; Alice Stevens, wife, age 51, married 28 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, born Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire; Agnes Louisa Stevens, daughter, age 20, single, mill worker, paper mill, born Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire; Elizabeth Stevens, daughter, age 18, single, brush worker, brush works, born Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire; Thomas Henry Stevens, son, age 16, single, farm labourer, born Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire; John Edward Stevens, son, age 11, school, born Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire; Harry Stevens, son, age 9, born Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire; Reuben George Stevens, son, age 7, born Simpson, Buckinghamshire.

Enlisted Watford, Hertfordshire.  Resided Primrose Hill, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XX. K. 22A., Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.