| Stevenson | Alexander Gavin | | Lieutenant | STEVENSON, ALEXANDER GAVIN, Lieutenant, was born 15 October 1871, son of Archibald Stevenson, South Garth, South Shields. He was educated at Woolwich; entered the Royal Engineers 13 February 1891; became Lieutenant 12 February 1894, and was employed with the Egyptian Army 13 September 1895 to 12 November 1899. He served in the Dongola Expeditionary Force, 1896 (Despatches [London Gazette, 3 November 1896]; Fourth Class Medjidie). For the Nile Expedition of 1898 he received a clasp, and a clasp to the Egyptian Medal. He served in the Nile Expedition of 1898; was present at the Battle of Khartoum; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 30 September 1898]; received the Medal, and a clasp to the Egyptian Medal, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 15 November 1898]: "Alexander Gavin Stevenson, Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. In recognition of services in Egypt and the Sudan, including the Battle of Khartoum". The Insignia were presented to him by the High Commissioner of Cyprus, at Nigeria, 29 December 1898. He served as Railway Staff Officer, South Africa, 15 January to 2 December 1900, and Locomotive Superintendent, South Africa, 5 July 1900 to 4 July 1901, and was promoted to Captain 1 October 1901. He was present in the advance on Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900; operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, November 1900, to March 1901. Captain Stevenson was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901], and received the Queen's Medal with three clasps. He was employed on the South African Railways up to 30 June 1904; was employed on Central South African Railways (Special Extra-Regimental Employment), 1 July 1904 to 30 March 1905; employed on Railway Survey, Uganda and East African Protectorates, 24 May 1907 to 7 May 1909; Inspector of Iron Structures, HQ of Army, 1 October 1909 to 30 September 1913, and Inspector of Iron Structures, War Office. He became Major 31 December 1910. Major Stevenson served in the European War; became Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 15 August 1915; was mentioned in Despatches, and given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 1 January 1915. He was promoted to Colonel; was OC 20th Company, RE; was created a CMG in 1917, and a CB in 1918. Colonel Stevenson married, in 1909, Elizabeth Nicoll, eldest daughter of Surgeon Major W Jobson, AMD, and they had two sons and one daughter.
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