Stephenson | Theodore Edward | | Lieutenant Colonel | Born Mar; 28, 1856; and is the only surviving son of Canon John Stephenson, of Weymonth. He was educated at Marlborough College, p.s.c, is interpreter to the Army in Turkish, and has passed language examinations in Urdu, Hindu, Pushtu, and Persian. He joined the 56th (2nd Essex) regiment in 1874, and served on the Staff from 1883-90 as DAAG at Gibraltar and York, went out to South Africa in 1899, in command of the 1st Battalion of the Essex regiment; gazetted in. Feb, 1900, as Major General on the staff commanding the 18th Brigade, and held the same rank while commanding the Barberton District and Portuguese Frontier Depot in 1900. General Stephenson commanded mobile columns in Cape Colony for the last year of the war; commanded the Bloemfontein District at the conclusion of peace, and was later appointed commander of the troops in the Transvaal, which position he still holds. Decorations: QSA and six clasps KSA and two clasps, Queen's Jubilee medal (1897), and he was four times mentioned in despatches. He married, in 1889, Philippa, only daughter of Colonel Gordon Watson.
Source: List of CB recipients. Various sources | Essex Regiment |
Stephenson | Thomas | 6110 | Private | Source: OZ-Boer database | New Zealand, 8th Contingent |
Stephenson | Thomas | 3957 | Private | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | (Duke of Wellington's) West Riding Regiment |
Stephenson | Thomas | 8402 | Squadron QMS | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 19th Company, 6th Btn, IY |
Stephenson | Thomas Henry | 2670 | Trooper | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry |
Stephenson | Thomas Herbert | 590 | Private | QSA (2) CC Wep
Source: Wepener Siege Account and Medal Roll | Kaffrarian Rifles |
Stephenson | Tom Wardle | 41735 | Trooper | No known Company. Served in 35th Btn IY
Source: QSA Medal Rolls | Imperial Yeomanry |
Stephenson | W | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Durham Light Infantry |
Stephenson | W | 5747 | Private | QSA (2). To 3rd Hussars, 11 Sep 02.
Source: QSA medal rolls | 18th (Victoria Mary, Prince of Wales's Own) Hussar |
Stephenson | W | 4182 | Trumpter | QSA (5).
Source: QSA medal rolls | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
Stephenson | W | 491 | Trooper | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Johannesburg Mounted Rifles |
Stephenson | W | | | Source: WO100/279 | Natal Government Railways |
Stephenson | W | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Stephenson | W | | | Volunteer Service Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
Stephenson | W | 7586 | Private | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
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