Major E J ‘Steve ‘ Stephenson late 3/2GR

Antiques Roadshow BBC 1 – Sunday 2 February 2025 – Major E J ‘Steve ‘ Stephenson late 3/2GR

An episode ( originally broadcast in October 2023 ) of the Antiques Roadshow was shown again on Sunday 2 February 2025 , and featured the medal group and two England Football international caps awarded to Major J E ‘ Steve ‘ Stephenson who was killed on 8 September 1944 in the Battle of Point 1433 and Tiger while commanding C Company 3/2GR . Colonel Nick Neill OBE MC wrote a detailed account of the action in which his friend ‘Steve’ Stevenson was killed in the 1993 edition of The Journal which he concluded as follows …’ for my money, and with my intimate knowledge of Steve as a friend and my familiarity, gained by experience, of the Japanese soldier as an indomitable fighting man, I would say to you that Steve’s actions, on the morning of 8 September 1944 were the stuff of which VCs are made etc …’