250253 L/Cpl. David James "Taffy" Stephens British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers from:Gilfach Goch, South Wales My dad, David Stephens served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers from December 1940 to July 1945. He sustained an injury while serving abroad in Antwerp and through this injury subsequently lost both his legs. Apparently he was a stretcher bearer and went into a mine field to help an injured soldier, he asked another soldier to throw some bandages in to him and they fell short so he turned his upper body to reach them and his foot hit a mine. He was sent to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury. He was discharged under Para 390 (XVI) K.R.1940 ceasing to fulfil Army Physical requirements.
I have letters sent to my mother about my father and his service from Capt Michael Kershaw R.A.I.T.C. stating that when my Dad was going away in the ambulance he was concerned that the bag he had bought my Mum in a little town in Belgium called Dinge would not get to her. In fact she did receive it and my Dad was so pleased when he finally arrived home to see that she had it.
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