- JohnT
- STEVENS
- 33666
Driver
- WW1
- Army
- Artillery
- Royal Field Artillery
- 5th Reserve Brigade
- None
- 8th October 1920
- 38
- Unknown
- Birmingham (Handsworth) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England, Section 3. Grave 4994.
- Unknown
- Unknown
Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Stevens; husband of Rebecca Stevens, of Handsworth
STEVENS John T Is Named On These Memorials
Further Information About STEVENS John T
John Stevens was born in 1881 at Upton Warren near Bromsgrove, one of twelve children of Joseph and Mary Ann Stevens (nee Hipkiss). His father was a farm worker.
John enlisted in the East Lancashire Regiment on 2nd February 1904 at Nottingham, transferring on 9th February 1904 to the 59th Reserves Royal Field Artillery at Lessness Park, Edinburgh. His service papers record the following information:
29th February 1904 Preston 7th Depot Royal Field Artillery
8th October 1904 Preston 7th Depot/37th Battery Royal Field Artillery
19th August 1914 Went to France
15th May 1916 Woolwich 4th Depot/15th Reserve Battery Royal Field Artillery
27th May 1916 Woolwich 4th Depot/15th Reserve Battery Royal Field Artillery
16th August 1918 to 4th September 1918 War Hospital Bradford
4th September 1918 to 31th October 1918 Dudley Road Hospital Birmingham
9th December 1918 to 24th January 1919 Woolwich Hospital [??] Hospital
14th January 1919 Woolwich Hospital Invalidity Board review for discharge
24th January 1919 Discharged
18th October 1920 Died
23rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery comprising of 107, 108 and 109 Batteries was under command of 3rd Division before it sailed for France in August 1914. 109 Battery left for 283 Brigade on 15th April 1916, 534 (Howitzer) Battery joined 23rd November 1916 and was renamed as C (Howitzer) Battery. The Brigade left the 7th Division and became an Army Brigade on 21st January 1917. A Battery joined from 169 Brigade on 24th January 1917. C (Howitzer) Battery was renamed as D (Howitzer) Battery on 29th January 1917. The former A Battery from 169 Brigade then became C Battery.
Driver (Dvr) was a military rank used in the British Army and the armies of other Commonwealth countries. It was equivalent to the rank of Private. The rank was initially used in the Royal Artillery for the men who drove the teams of horses which pulled the guns. It was phased out after the First World War
John Stevens is also commemorated on a war memorial in St James’s Church, Handsworth, Birmingham.