Stephenson, Arthur Frederick Vere
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of Emeritus Professor William Stephenson, M.D. ; LL.D. ; born Aberdeen, 11 November 1882 ; educated Aberdeen Grammar School ; trained as an engineer with Messrs. Walker & Duncan, 1901-05. During session 1902-03 he attended classes in the Agricultural Department. After gaining some experience at Peterhead and Leeds he returned to Aberdeen, and in 1909 attended University Classes in Geology. He became A.M. Inst. C.E. in 1910, and in the following year obtained an appointment in the Federated Malay States. At home Stephenson was an enthusiastic member of the 1st V.B. Gordon Highlanders, and in the F.M.S. he joined the Malay States Volunteer Rifles, with whom he was mobilized on the outbreak of war, serving for a time as a Corporal at Singapore. As early as possible he obtained leave and returned home where, in June 1915, he obtained a Commission as Lieutenant, 4th Gordon Highlanders, proceeding to France in October 1915. On 23 July 1916 he was reported missing after an attack at High Wood in the Battle of the Somme. Later it was learned from a German Officer prisoner that he died in a German trench, a few hours after being badly wounded by a hand grenade.
Date of Death: 23 July 1916
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15 B and 15 C.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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