224272 Pte. Tom Walker Stevenson British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from:Sunderland My grandfather, Tom Walker Stevenson, was in the 18th DLI. He sailed to Egypt aboard the Ivernia where he was stationed for some months before being sent to France for what was being called "the big push". He suffered from a gas attack (probably at the Somme) which would plague him for years after he returned to civilian life in Sunderland.
He rarely spoke about the war,and when he did it was usually about the friends he met and the "pretty French girls". He also had three brothers, Martin, John and Percy, who all served in the DLI. He died in 1950 in Sunderland.
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