See also

George William Stevens (1915-1943)

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George William Stevens

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • builders labourer2

  • Birth:

  • 3 Jul 1915

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 3 2 4

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  • Japanese prisoner of war card says born 3rd July 1916

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 5 yrs 11 mns)

  • 479 Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

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  • son living in six rooms with his parents William and Gertrude, and brothers John and Edward. Born in Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 24)

  • 479 Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2

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  • an unmarried builders labourer (heavy worker) living with his parents William and Gertrude, brothers Jack, Edward, Reginald, Leonard and Eric, and sister Edna. Born on 3rd July 1915

  • Prisoner of War:

  • 15 Apr 1942 (age 26)

  • Thailand4 5

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  • a private of 479 Bramford Road Ipswich Suffolk born 3rd July 1916, captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese

  • Death:

  • 15 Sep 1943 (age 28)

  • Thailand6 5

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  • Cause: of acute enteritis whilst working on the Burma Railway

  • Burial:

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  • Chungkai War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand6 5

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  • private 5834203 of 5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment died 15th September 1943, son of William I Stevens and Gertrude Nora Stevens of Ipswich Suffolk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1915 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1752. Cit. Date: 19 August 2025.

2.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6599D page:22 line:11 letter code:TVAP. Cit. Date: 19 August 2025.

3.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9402 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:10 schedule:26. Cit. Date: 19 August 2025.

4.

FindMyPast Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:WO345/49. Cit. Date: 21 August 2025.

5.

Ipswich War Memorial web site, (on-line at www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk). Cit. Date: 21 August 2025.

6.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Chungkai War Cemetery 5.A.6. Cit. Date: 21 August 2025.