| Surname: | Stevenson |
| Initials: | R |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2819312 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Seaforth Highlanders, 18/9/1937 transferred to CMP. Casualty List 504, Middle East, Cyrenaica listed as missing, 6/4/1941. Casualty List 555, now POW previously reported Missing on List 504. POW Italian POW Camp No. 78, Sulmona, post mark 3300. later Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. Casualty List 1738, POW, previously reported POW in German hands (Germany) not now POW, previous List 555, Cyrenaica. Extract from Mid Sussex Times, 1/7/41. CPL R STEVENSON, WIVELSFIELD. Mrs Stevenson, who resided with her sister, Mrs Brunger, of Baldings, Wivelsfield, has heard from her husband Corporal Robert Stevenson of the Corps of Military Police that he is a prisoner of war, and Vatican sources have announced that he is in Italy and in good health. He was officially reported missing on April 6th. Corporal Stevenson whose age is 30, enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders about seven years ago and was transferred to the Corps of Military Police in 1936. He was sent to Palestine in October, 1938 and has not been home since. He has thus not seen his son, who is two and a half years old. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | General Service Medal 1918 (London Gazette: Medal Roll WO 100/509 Page: 264 Jan. 24, 1940) |
| Citation: | Clasp: Palestine 1936 - 1939. |
Prisoner of War Record: | |
| Imprisonment: | Stalag 344 POLAND 🇵🇱 |