The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Stephens

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Private Albert Edward STEPHENS, G/25955, 11th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  (formerly 10982, The Buffs), killed in action, Flanders, France, 31st July 1917, age 27.

19th August 1889, born Wood Green, Middlesex, son of Edward and Amelia Emily Stephens, of 162, Russell Avenue, Noel Park, Wood Green, Middlesex.

27th October 1889, St Andrew, Barnsbury, Islington, baptism of Albert Edward Stephens, son of Edward, (carpenter), and Amelia Emily Stephens, Morley Avenue, Noel Park.

1911 Census - 9 Avondale Road, West Green, South Tottenham - Edward Stephens, head, age 50, married, gas fitter, Hotel?, worker, born Yarmouth; Amelia Stephens, wife, age 50, married 23 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Windsor, Berkshire; Albert Stephens, son, age 21, single, butcher, worker, born Tottenham, Middlesex; Ernest Stephens, son, age 17, single, electrical student, worker, born Tottenham, Middlesex; Sidney Stephens, son, age 15, single, plumbers mate, worker, born Tottenham, Middlesex.

Enlisted Harringay, Middlesex.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.