Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (3787 Sjt Dmr: W. J. Stevens. 1/Linc: R.) good very fine £70-£90

William John Stevens was born in Clifton, Bedford and was the husband of Mrs F. R. Stevens of 52 Gascony Avenue, West Hampstead, London. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 13 August 1914. Sergeant Drummer Stevens was killed in action on the Western Front, 27 April 1915, and is buried in the Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium.