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British Army general

Theodore Stephenson
Born1856
Weymouth, Dorset
Died1928
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1874–1918
RankMajor-General
Commands65th (2nd Lowland) Division (1916)
Troops in the Straits Settlements (1910–14)
2nd Division (1907–10)
6th Division (1906–07)
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
Zulu Rebellion
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches

Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson, CB (1856–1928) was a British Army officer who commanded the 2nd Division from 1907 to 1910.

Military career

Educated at Marlborough College, Stephenson was commissioned into the 56th Regiment of Foot in 1874. He served in the Second Boer War and commanded a column in the attack on Plessis Poort. In his final despatch from South Africa in June 1902, Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the forces during the latter part of the war, described Stephenson as "an excellent Officer, who has displayed good sense wherever he has been employed". Following the end of the war in June 1902, he stayed on in South Africa for several months with a staff appointment and the local rank of major-general.

Stephenson also served in the Zulu Rebellion of 1905 and became General Officer Commanding 6th Division in November 1906, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1907, and commander of the Troops in the Straits Settlements in 1910.

He served in the First World War as General Officer Commanding 65th (2nd Lowland) Division before retiring in 1918.

Family

Stephenson married Philippa Watson.

References

  1. North Wiltshire Online Census Project—1871 Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "No. 24135". The London Gazette. 29 September 1874. p. 4534.
  3. ^ "Death of Major-General Stephenson". Straits Times. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. "No. 27459". The London Gazette. 29 July 1902. pp. 4835–4836.
  5. "No. 27496". The London Gazette. 18 November 1902. p. 7339.
  6. "No. 27502". The London Gazette. 9 December 1902. p. 8512.
  7. "No. 27973". The London Gazette. 4 December 1906. p. 8538.
  8. Army Commands Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
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Military offices
Preceded byArthur Wynne General Officer Commanding 6th Division
1906–1907 		Succeeded byLawrence Parsons
Preceded byBruce Hamilton General Officer Commanding 2nd Division
1907–1910 		Succeeded byHenry Lawson
Preceded byThomas Perrott General Officer Commanding Troops in the Straits Settlements
1910–1914 		Succeeded byRaymond Reade
Preceded byLord Erroll General Officer Commanding 65th (2nd Lowland) Division
1916 		Succeeded byGeorge Forestier-Walker
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