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Edward James Worringham Stevens

In memory of:

Private Edward James Worringham Stevens

August 28, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

57726

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

20th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Henry James and Rachel Stevens; husband of Harriet Smith (formerly Stevens), of Oak St., Milton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 506 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. A. 26.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Milton Ontario War Memorial– Milton Ontario War Memorial (1926), Victoria Park Square, Milton, 
Ontario, Canada.
  • Milton Ontario War Memorial– Names listed on the Milton Ontario War Memorial.
  • Grave Marker– Edward James Worringham Stevens
Vis-en-Artois Cemetery, Harcourt, Pas de Calais, France
(photo approved for use Maple Leaf Legacy Project)
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery
  • Grave Marker
  • Original Grave Marker– Original Grave Marker
Private E. J. W. Stevens (Edward James Worringham)
20th Battalion, CEF
Vis-en-Artois Cemetery 2 A 26 France
  • Photo of 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.

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