George Stephenson

George was born in 1880

Son of John Stephenson and Isabella Stephenson of Great Ryle, Whittingham

George was one of eleven children

1. George (b.1880) ⭐

2. Gideon (b.1882)

3. Jane T. (b.1883)

4. Bella (b.1886)

5. John Robert (b.1888)⭐

6. Thomas (b.1890)

7. Mary Ann (b.1891)

8. Sarah Ellen (b.1894)

9. Clement (b.1895) ⭐

10. Isabella A (b. 1900)

11. Lily (b.1907)

​Military: 

George Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Service No: C/12324  King's Royal Rifle Corps, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles)

⭐George was one of three sons serving, two sons lost in WW1 

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Death:

He Died of nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys ) at No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station in France on 28 December 1916 aged 36

Headstone Lijssenhoek Cemetery, near Poperinge

Roll of Honour Alwinton

​Commonwealth war graves commission