Commemorated: | |||
Awards & Titles: | 1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Early Life :
Son of Charlotte Seymour Stephenson (now Mrs. Sclater), of 10, Sloane Court, Chelsea, London, and the late Percy Stephenson.His familial brother Eric Seymour Stephenson is also included on this role.
Education & Career :
Eton and Magdalen College
He played cricket for the Eton Ramblers. He was a member of the Rupert Society at Magdalen (a debating society extent from December 1897 to 1910) . Member of OUDS.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
2nd Lieutenant, Cyril Seymour Stephenson, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers attached Royal North Somerset Yeomanry. Died 6th December, 1916.
He is recorded as landing in France on the 10th June, 1915.
Wisden - Obituaries during the war, 1914-1916 "STEPHENSON, LIEUT. CYRIL EDWARD SEYMOUR (North Somerset Yeomanry), born at Colorado Springs, November 26, 1880; died of wounds, December 6, 1916. In neither XI while at Eton and Magdalen College (Ox.) Played for New York v. Gentlemen of Ireland in 1909. Highest score 102 for Fort Washington v. S.S. Lusitania in 1909, when he and J. H. Gordon (108) made 198 for the first wicket. A stylish bat."
For his service in the Great War he was entitled to the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Buried St. Alban's Churchyard, Wealden East Sussex In North-East Corner of old Ground. He is also commemorated at the Oxford and Cambridge Club.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Apollo University No. 357 E.C. | Oxfordshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
27th January 1903 | 10th March 1903 | - |
Listed as an undergraduate Payments appear to be recorded up to 1909, but an "a" in columns 1908-09 and then excluded 1910.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley