Died 1928 Years of service 1874–1918 | Allegiance United Kingdom Name Theodore Stephenson | |
Commands held 6th Division2nd DivisionTroops in the Straits Settlements65th (2nd Lowland) Division | ||
Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson CB (1856–1928) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division.
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Military career
Educated at Marlborough College, Stephenson was commissioned into the 56th Regiment of Foot in 1874. He served in the Second Boer War in which he commanded a column which took part in the attack on Plessis Poort. In his final despatch from South Africa in June 1902, Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the forces during the latter part of the war, described Stephenson as "an excellent Officer, who has displayed good sense wherever he has been employed".
He also served in the Zulu Rebellion of 1905 and became General Officer Commanding 6th Division in 1906, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1907 and Commander of the Troops in the Straits Settlements in 1910. He served in World War I as General Officer Commanding 65th (2nd Lowland) Division before retiring in 1918.
Family
He married Philippa Watson.