. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. son of Alexander Stephen, draper; born atFyvie, 21 June 1888. Graduated , 1910 ;, 1912. He wasat first engaged inhospital work at Old-ham, and afterwardsin private practice inLincoln. Stephen received hiscommission in in October1914, and spent somemonths in a militaryhospital at went to the Frontas to a Brigade of Artillery, and later became to theDivision. In the second Battle of Ypres he wasawarded the Military Cross for conspicuousgallantry and devotion to duty in attending towounded under heavy s

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. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. son of Alexander Stephen, draper; born atFyvie, 21 June 1888. Graduated , 1910 ;, 1912. He wasat first engaged inhospital work at Old-ham, and afterwardsin private practice inLincoln. Stephen received hiscommission in in October1914, and spent somemonths in a militaryhospital at went to the Frontas to a Brigade of Artillery, and later became to theDivision. In the second Battle of Ypres he wasawarded the Military Cross for conspicuousgallantry and devotion to duty in attending towounded under heavy shell-fire ; was recom-mended for the Victoria Cross, and a few weeksbefore his death received a bar to the Itwas at Poelcapelle, on 24 October 1917, that hedied, of gas-shell poisoning. His death wascharacteristic of his unselfish devotion to duty,for it was in attending to a wounded officer thathe neglected to take precautions in the adjust-ment of his gas-mask. Added to his seriousqualities of character, he possessed a never-failing fu

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