Six: Chief Stoker H. Stevenson, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (152775 Sto. H. Stevenson, H.M.S. Terrible); China 1900, no clasp (H. Stevenson, Sto., H.M.S. Terrible); 1914-15 Star (152775 H. Stevenson, Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (152775 H. Stevenson, Ch. Sto., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (152775 Henry Stevenson, Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Vernon) contact marks and edge bruising to first two, nearly very fine, the last four good very fine (6) £700-£900

Henry Stevenson was born in Limehouse, London on 6 December 1867 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 29 January 1890. He joined H.M.S. Terrible on 24 March 1898, and served in South Africa during the Boer War, and in China during the boxer Rebellion. He was advanced Chief Stoker on 9 May 1911, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth on 15 March 1912.

Stevenson was recalled to the service following the outbreak of the Great War, and served in the armed merchant cruiser Celtic from November 1914 to January 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 August 1916, and was shore demobilised in September 1919.