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George Stephenson
| Rank: | Private |
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| Street: | Dublin Street |
| Townland: | |
| Town/Village: | Longford |
| Civil Parish: | Templemichael |
| Catholic Parish: | Templemichael |
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| Alternative Address: | |
| Census 1901: |
Resident at Dublin Street www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Dublin_Street/1555702/ |
| Census 1911: |
Resident at Dublin Street www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Dublin_Street/651223/ |
| Regiment/Unit: | Irish Guards, 2nd Battalion |
| Regiment Number: | 8569 |
| Date of Death: | 12-09-1917 |
| Cause: | Killed in action, Widjendrift, 3rd Battle of Ypres |
| Memorial: | Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Information: | George was born c.1889 in Longford, the son of Benjamin Stephenson and Anne Thompson. Benjamin was a Staff Serjeant with the 6th Rifle Brigade, before becoming a farmer, but sadly died in 1895. Prior to enlisting, George was a farmer. Pte Stephenson enlisted in Longford, but was killed in action in Belgium during the Battle of Passchendaele. |
| Parents Names: | Son of the late Benjamin Stephenson and Anne (née Thompson) of Dublin Street, Longford. |
| Notes: | |
| Links: | Link to CWGC entry; The Irish Guards in the Great War, Rudyard Kipling; |
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