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Surname: STEPHENS
Forename(s): Thomas Henry
Place of Birth: Crosshills, Yorkshire
Service No: 22360
Rank: Air Mechanic 1st Class
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Flying Corps
Battalion / Unit: 25th Squadron
Division: ---
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1918-03-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 12.
CWGC Cemetery: HESDIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CROSSHILLS, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KILDWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Henry Stephens was the son of Frederick John and Sarah Stephens, née Chester. Frederick was born at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire and Sarah at High Bradley, Yorkshire.
1891 Farnhill, Yorkshire Census: Low Farnhill - Tom. H. Stephens, aged 8 years, born Crosshills, Yorkshire, son of Frederick J. and Sarah Stephens.
1901 Farnhill, Yorkshire Census: 25, Newby Road - Thomas H. Stephens, aged 18 years, born Crosshills, Yorkshire, son of Frederick J. and Sarah Stephens.
1911 Farnhill, Yorkshire Census: Newby Road - Thomas H. Stephens, aged 28 years, born Crosshills, Yorkshire, son of Frederick John and Sarah Stephens.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: 1/A.M. Thomas H. Stephens, 22360, Royal Flying Corps.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
STEPHENS, Air Mechanic T.H., aged 35, R.A.F., Newby Road, [Farnhill], accidentally killed, France, March 26, 1918.
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Air Mechanic 1st Class Thomas Henry STEPHENS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Flying Corps
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05 April 1918
FARNHILL FLYER ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
On Saturday evening, Mr. F. J. Stephens, grocer and draper, Newby Road, Farnhill, received a telegram saying that his son, lst Air Mechanic T. H. Stephens, Royal Air Force, had been killed accidentally on March 26th in France. This was followed by an official letter from the R.F.C. Records Office, and a letter of sympathy, dated March 27th, from the Rev. S. F. Sykes, who states:– “It is with great sorrow that I send you the sad news of a fatal accident to your son, T. H. Stephens, R.F.C. He and another were killed instantaneously yesterday, March 26th. I have buried his body in the cemetery here, and a complete record of the place is kept. I myself know what bereavement means, but I also know the help which God gave to me, and your son has laid down his life in doing his part for a great cause. With all sympathy.”
Airman T. H. Stephens, before his voluntary enlistment in February 1916, was a jeweller’s assistant in Crosshills, and resided with his parents in Newby Road, Farnhill. He was 35 years of age and unmarried.
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05 April 1918
FARNHILL
CASUALTIES – News has been received that Air Mechanic Thos. Hy. Stephens, R.F.C., of Farnhill, has been accidentally killed in France. Pte. Rd. Inskip, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, has been wounded for the forth time and is in hospital at Bradford. Pte. Cecil Green (Duke of Wellington’s) has also been wounded, and is now is hospital at Penrith.
12 April 1918
STEPHENS – Killed March 26th, Air Mechanic Stephens, of the Royal Flying Corps, son of Mr. Fred Stephens, of Newby Road, Farnhill, aged 35.
12 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Fatal Accident to a Farnhill Air Mechanic
Mr. Fred Stephens, of Newby Road, Farnhill, has received the following letter from Rev. S. F. Sykes, chaplain to the forces:– “It is with great sorrow that I send you the sad news of a fatal accident to your son, Thos. Henry Stephens, R.F.C. He and another were killed instantaneously yesterday, March 26th. I have buried his body in the cemetery here, and a complete record of the place is kept. I myself know what bereavement means, but I also know the help which God gave to me. And your son has laid down his life in doing his part far a great cause.” Air Mechanic Stephens, before enlisting, was assistant to Mr. Chas. Emmott, jeweller, of Crosshills. He was 35 years of age and unmarried.
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