Name
Elwood Robert "Bobby" Stevenson / Stephenson
Born
1894-12-24
Birth Place
Occupation
Brush employee
Died
1941
Awards
War Service Badge, Class A
Cemetery
Service Record 1
Regimental Number
300402
Highest Rank
Gunner
Conflict
Battalion
Canadian Field Artillery
Company
33rd Battery
Enlisted
Toronto, ON
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1915-08-31
Prev Exp
32nd Regiment, 1 year
Service Record 2
Regimental Number
300402
Highest Rank
Gunner
Conflict
Battalion
2nd Candian Divisional Ammunition Column
Company
No. 2 Section
Discharge Date
1919-05-29
Discharge Cause
Demobilization
Service Record 3
Regimental Number
300402
Highest Rank
Gunner
Conflict
Battalion
Canadian Field Artillery
Company
28th Battery
Notes
Also known as Ellwood Robert and Robert Ellwood. He was the son of Frances E. Brooks and Robert H. Stephenson. He married Marion Louise Kidd in Hamilton, Ontario on December 11, 1926. Location at Sanctuary Park Cemetery: Section J. From "Report on Accidental or Self-Inflicted Injuries": "While shoeing the forward foot of a very vicious mule (in the stocks), mule unexpectedly turned and a snap at S/S Stevenson, who was in the act of momentarily turning from his work, lacerating his finger."Sources & Links
- (a) Bruce County Genealogical Society Surname Collection;- (b) Robert Ellwood Stephenson – Marion Louise Kidd, Ontario marriage registration (1926), City of Hamilton, County of Wentworth, ancestry.ca.
- (c) Robert Stephenson Household, 1911 Census of Canada, Port Elgin, North Bruce, ancestry.ca, accessed February 17, 2023.
- Library & Archives Canada
- Find a Grave
News Clippings
The Port Elgin Times, November 8, 1916
Port Elgin Times, April 19, 1916, p.1
Port Elgin Times, January 10, 1917, p.1
Port Elgin Times – September 13, 1916