District Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary, killed at Carrowkennedy by an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), during the Irish War of Independence. An IRA flying column, commanded by Michael Kilroy, ambushed a mobile patrol of the Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserves (Black and Tans), commanded by DI Stevenson, at Carrowkennedy, near Westport, County Mayo. It resulted in the deaths of eight of the RIC, including some who were killed by their own rifle grenades. After two hours the RIC surrendered and their weaponry and ammunition were seized by the IRA.
son of James Verdier Stevenson and Helen Halliday née Little Stevenson, formerly Bingham, of "Ardenlee", Ravenhill Road, Belfast, Co. Down.
His father was a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary
Second Lieutenant Edward James Stevenson served in The Royal Black Watch Regiment in the latter stages of World War 1
son of James Verdier Stevenson and Helen Halliday née Little Stevenson, formerly Bingham, of "Ardenlee", Ravenhill Road, Belfast, Co. Down.
His father was a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary
Second Lieutenant Edward James Stevenson served in The Royal Black Watch Regiment in the latter stages of World War 1
District Inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary, killed at Carrowkennedy by an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), during the Irish War of Independence. An IRA flying column, commanded by Michael Kilroy, ambushed a mobile patrol of the Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserves (Black and Tans), commanded by DI Stevenson, at Carrowkennedy, near Westport, County Mayo. It resulted in the deaths of eight of the RIC, including some who were killed by their own rifle grenades. After two hours the RIC surrendered and their weaponry and ammunition were seized by the IRA.
son of James Verdier Stevenson and Helen Halliday née Little Stevenson, formerly Bingham, of "Ardenlee", Ravenhill Road, Belfast, Co. Down.
His father was a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary
Second Lieutenant Edward James Stevenson served in The Royal Black Watch Regiment in the latter stages of World War 1
son of James Verdier Stevenson and Helen Halliday née Little Stevenson, formerly Bingham, of "Ardenlee", Ravenhill Road, Belfast, Co. Down.
His father was a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary
Second Lieutenant Edward James Stevenson served in The Royal Black Watch Regiment in the latter stages of World War 1
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