Mr William J. Stevens (1951)

Provided by Mrs E Stevens

Bill was a mining engineer for nearly all of his adult life. After serving in the Royal Engineers in the latter stages of the 2nd World War, he studied at Imperial College and the Royal School of Mines after which he had his first period of mining in Cornwall, his home county. He then moved to Spain for 3 years to work for Rio Tinto Zinc before returning to Cornwall to start his long career with English China Clays. There he worked in both Cornwall and Devon, becoming Devon Area Manager at Lee Moor in South West Devon before retiring in 1986.

It is with sorrow I have to report that my husband, William John Stevens, died on 18 December, 2007, aged 83. He maintained regular contact with many friends he made from IC/RSM and during his long involvement in the mining industry, and has been fondly remembered by them in messages of sympathy I have received.