Stevenson, Thomas Craig
Biographical
Surname(s) | Stevenson |
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First name(s) | Thomas Craig |
Date of birth | 1903 |
Place of birth | Steyning Registration District |
Family details | Son of Thomas Henry Craig Stevenson and Ella Louise Stevenson; husband of Betty Frances Stevenson. |
Previous education | Cambridge University |
College | St Thomas' Hospital |
Dates at college | 1924 |
Dept / course | Final, M.B. Cantab. |
Qualifications | M.A. (Cantab.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. |
Military unit | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Sultan |
War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
Decorations / medals | O.B.E. |
Citation(s) | Surgeon Lieut.-Comdr (Acting Surg. Comdr) T. C. Stevenson R.N.V.R. has been appointed O.B.E. (Military Division) for outstanding devotion to duty in tending sick and wounded during and after the fall of Singapore. British Medical Journal 2 Jan. 1943 |
Date of death | 28-Feb-42 |
Age at death | 38 |
Rank at death | Commander Surgeon |
Cause of death | Missing presumed killed |
Commemoration(s) | St. Thomas s Roll of Honour in the chapel; Plymouth Naval Memorial |
Notes | In 1924 his home address was Ravensdene, Holden Avenue W12 H.M.S. Sultan was the naval base at Singapore abandoned after the fall of Singapore in 1942. |
Sources | St Thomas’ s Hospital Medical School Records, King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission |