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Pte. Alexander Leitch Stephens
British Army 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
Alexander Stephens died age 34, he had been born in Edinburgh and lived in Jarrow. On the 1911 Census, Alexander Leitch Stephens & his wife Lillie Bennett Stephens (nee Dobson), with their 6 month old son, are recorded as living at 236, South Taylor street, South Shields, his wife's family lived with them. He was age 30 & worked as a General Labourer for a Chemical Manufacturer. His mother Mrs. Davison (formerly Stephens) and Mr. Davison (stepfather) lived at 13 Philipson Street East Jarrow. He enlisted in South Shields. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
