Stevenson, James Ernest
Lance Sergeant
No. 7011810, 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
Killed in Action on Wednesday 19 July 1944 (aged 30)
Buried:
Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, France (Grave I A 30)
Commemorated:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
BIOGRAPHY
James Ernest Stevenson was born on 5 January 1914 at West Place, Bangor, and he was a son of James and Isabella Stevenson (nee Woods) who were married on 26 December 1913 in First Holywood Presbyterian Church. In civilian life James Stevenson (the casualty’s father) worked as a carpenter and when he got married, he was a soldier stationed at Tidworth Barracks in Wiltshire. James Stevenson (the casualty’s father) was a son of James Stevenson, a weaver. Isabella Woods from Bangor was a daughter of James Woods, a servant.
James Stevenson (the casualty’s father) was born on 31 May 1885 at Ford Street, Newtownards, and he enlisted on 8 January 1908 with the Royal Irish Rifles (No. 2/8875). In 1911 he was stationed at Citadel Barracks in Dover with the 2nd Battalion. At the outbreak of the Great War, he was recalled from the Army Reserve and deployed to France. He survived the war and was allocated one of the ex-servicemen’s houses at Cregagh in Belfast.
James and Isabella Stevenson (nee Woods) were living at Lisnasharragh House, Belfast when their daughter Edna was born on 4 December 1922.
Isabella Stevenson (nee Woods) died on 19 July 1933 (aged 47), and was buried in Movila Cemetery, Newtownards.
James Stevenson died on 19 August 1952 (aged 67), and was buried in Movilla Cemetery, Newtownards.
Their son, Lance Sergeant James Ernest Stevenson (No. 7011810) was serving with the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles when he was killed in action on 19 July 1944 and was buried in Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery in France.
At the time of his death his home address was 21 Bapaume Avenue, Belfast.