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Son of Henry James and Rachel Stevens; husband of Harriet Smith (formerly Stevens), of Oak St., Milton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Edward James Worringham Stevens
Digital gallery of
Private Edward James Worringham Stevens
Private Stevens was one of the few Milton men with a family and children that left to go and serve his new country in the Great War. He was the son of Henry and Rachel Stevens of Milton and the husband of Harriet Stevens and their 3 children Neil, Bessie and Edward. Private Stevens was killed in action during the Battle of the Scarpe on August 28, 1918, during "Canada's Hundred Days" and only 3 months before the end of the war.
Image gallery
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Milton Ontario War Memorial (1926), Victoria Park Square, Milton, Ontario, Canada.
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Names listed on the Milton Ontario War Memorial.
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Edward James Worringham Stevens Vis-en-Artois Cemetery, Harcourt, Pas de Calais, France (photo approved for use Maple Leaf Legacy Project)
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Original Grave Marker Private E. J. W. Stevens (Edward James Worringham) 20th Battalion, CEF Vis-en-Artois Cemetery 2 A 26 France
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Private Stevens was one of the few Milton men with a family and children that left to go and serve his new country in the Great War. He was the son of Henry and Rachel Stevens of Milton and the husband of Harriet Stevens and their 3 children Neil, Bessie and Edward. Private Stevens was killed in action during the Battle of the Scarpe on August 28, 1918, during "Canada's Hundred Days" and only 3 months before the end of the war.
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 506 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT Pas de Calais, France
Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the road from Arras to Cambrai. The VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT is at the north side of the main road between the two villages.
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