STEVENSON, EDWARD HALL, Captain, was
born 21 July 1872. He entered the Royal Artillery 18 January 1893; became
Lieutenant 18 January 1896, and Captain 27 April 1900. He served in the
South African War, 1899-1902, and took part in the advance on Kimberley,
including action at Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State,
February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg; actions at Poplar
Grove, Driefontein, Karee Siding, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain) and Zand River;
operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near
Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, west
of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900. He was severely wounded. He was
present in the operations in Orange River Colony in July 1900, including
actions at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July); operations in the Transvaal, Orange
River Colony and Cape Colony, February 1901 to January 1902. He was Staff
Captain (Intelligence) 28 March to 5 August 1902. Captain Stevenson was
mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the
Queen's Medal with six clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps, and was
created a, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27
September 1901]: "Edward Hall Stevenson, Captain, Royal Horse and
Royal Field Artillery. In recognition of services during the operations in
South Africa". He was invested by the King 18 December 1903. From 8 March
1905 to 8 September 1907, he was Adjutant, Royal Artillery; from 9 September
1907 to 15 January 1910, he was Garrison Adjutant, Eastern Command, and on
16 January 1910, he was promoted to Major. Major Stevenson served in the
European War, 1914-18; became Lieutenant Colonel 9 October 1915, and was
Temporary Brigadier General from 11 June to December 1917 (Brigadier
General, Royal Artillery, 30th Division, British Armies in France, 11 June
to 31 August 1917; Brigadier General, Royal Artillery, 29th Division,
British Armies in France, 1 September 1917. He was wounded; was mentioned
in Despatches; was given the Brevets of Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel (3
June 1917), and created a CMG in 1918. Colonel Stevenson married, in 1917,
Ethel Vaughan, widow of Leopold Hudson, FRCS
