Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Richard Edward Pawson STEVENS
Lance Corporal 39748 Richard Edward Pawson STEVENS
"B" Company, 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action, Thursday 5th July 1917, France, age 31
| Home address: | 127 Mottram Road, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1886, Middlesex, London |
| Parents: | Grace Toynbee Stevens and John Edward Stevens 127 Mottram Road, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Secretary |
| Enlisted: | Manchester, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Mindel Trench British Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, Pas de Calais, France, row D, grave 41. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
From the Hyde Reporter, 14th July 1917, page 3, column 6:
Lance Corporal Stevens was accompanying a convoy which was conveying rations to the front trench, when he was hit by a piece of shell and killed instantly.