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Rifleman CECIL EDWIN STEPHENS

Service Number: 3242045
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

IV. BB. 13.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred James Stephens and Emily Elizabeth Letitia Stephens, of Kensington, London.
  • Personal Inscription COURAGE IS NOT BORN IN MEN BUT BORN OF LOVE. I DIE, BUT DEATH WAS DESTINED

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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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