Elwood Robert

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
The Port Elgin Times, November 8, 1916
Port Elgin Times, April 19, 1916, p.1
Port Elgin Times, April 19, 1916, p.1
Port Elgin Times, January 10, 1917, p.1
Port Elgin Times, January 10, 1917, p.1
Port Elgin Times – September 13, 1916
Port Elgin Times – September 13, 1916