Thomas Edward Stephens
Thomas Edward (Eddie) Stephens
11208 1st Batallion South Wales Borderers
Died January 25th 1915
Leicester House Llangammarch Wells
Llangammarch Wells detachment of Territorials left the village to join their battalion on Wednesday. They were given a heartening send-off by a large crowd.
Mr Eddie Stephens, son of Mr W Stephens, Post Office, Llangammarch Wells, sailed for Malta as a special reserve on Sunday.
Brecon And Radnor Express Thursday, 13 August 1914
In the Trenches:--
Mr Eddie Stephens and Mr W Puddy are now doing their duty in the trenches in France. Their regiments are the SWB and the Cheshires respectively. We all hope to see them home safely.
Brecon And Radnor Express Thursday, 28 January 1915
LLANGAMMARCH HERO - KILLED AT THE FRONT
Quite a gloom was cast over the little village of Llangammarch when it became known that Mr W Stephens, Post Office, had received a letter from the War Office stating that his son, Pte. T E Stephens, South Wales Borderers, had been killed in action at the battle of Givenchy, France, on January 25th last. He was formerly employed in the Post Office Engineers Department at Swansea, and was called up the first week in August last after special training at Pembroke Dock and Edinburgh. He left for France on January 4th.
A memorial service was held on Sunday. The rector, during his sermon, said that the war had been brought very close to them by the death of Eddie Stephens, who was well known to all and was the first young hero from that village to give his life for King and country. Reading an account of this terrible battle written by an officer of the regiment, the Germans were swarming up to the trenches but the young men stood firm. Some of them were under fire for the first time. They fought and died heroically, as British soldiers can. Special hymns were sung, and the organist played "The Dead March".
Brecon and Radnor Express, 18 February 1915