STEVENS Oliver Ernest

Oliver Ernest Stevens was born in Australia in c1886. The Royal Marines Medal Roll lists Oliver E. Stevens as serving as Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, service no 15084. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1915 Star.

1901
51 New Street, Quarry Bank
James Stevens, head, aged 46, Coal Miner, born Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Elizabeth Stevens, wife, aged 46, born Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Arthur Stevens, son, aged 24, Carpenter, born Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Walter Stevens, son, aged 18, Engine Fitter, born Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Oliver Stevens, son, aged 14, Carpenter, born Australia
Ellis Stevens, son, aged 13, born Australia
Ethel Stevens, daughter, aged 9, born Brierley Hill, Staffordshire

Oliver Stevens died of Empyema of the lung on the 7th November 1924. His mother, Elizabeth Stevens, 9 Dunns Bank, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire was named as the claimant on his pension records. The death of Oliver E. Stevens aged 38 is registered in the December Quarter 1924 under the Stourbridge Registration District.