The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S T Stephens

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"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

 THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE

FOR HIS FRIEND"

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Private Sidney Thomas STEPHENS, G/23867, 1st Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 8th February 1917, age 21.

Born Hayden, Gloucestershire, son of William and Florence Gertrude Stephens, of 8, Arle End Cottages, Arle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

1911 Census - 2, Arle End Cottages, Arle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - William Stephens, head, age 41, married, farm labourer, worker, born Boddington, Gloucestershire; Florence Gertrude Stephens, wife, age 38, married 18 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Elmbridge, Gloucestershire; Ellen Elizabeth Stephens, daughter, age 18, single, kitchen maid domestic, worker, born Swindon, Gloucestershire; Sydney Thomas Stephens, son, age 15, single, market gardeners labourer, worker, born Staverton, Gloucestershire; Herbert Jesse Stephens, son, age 12, school, born Staverton, Gloucestershire; Florence Rhode Stephens, daughter, age 4, born Arle, Gloucestershire; Albert Lea, boarder, age 30, single, farm labourer, worker, born Staverton, Gloucestershire.

Enlisted Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Buried at  Bethune Town Cemetery, VI. B. 28., France.