Lieutenant Colonel H.I. Stevenson
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles and Fort Garry Horse

When our line was temporarily pierced, he led a charge with great skill and dash, by which the enemy were driven back and a new line established. He succeeded in establishing communication with the troops on his right flank, and though heavily outnumbered maintained this line until relieved by fresh infantry units. His prompt action and cool leadership were the means of allowing two battalions of infantry, who were in danger of being cut off, to withdraw safely to our line.

 (D.S.O. Citation, Gazette, 22 June 1918)

Herbert Irving Stevenson was in Richibucto, New Brunswick on 17 July 1878. After serving in the Boer War he moved west to Manitoba in 1903. He began working for the Dominion Forestry Service in 1912. He organized the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles in December 1914 but was replaced a year later when the mounted rifles became infantry.

To stay with the cavalry, Stevenson transferred to the Fort Garry Horse where he became second in command. He assumed command of the regiment on 20 May 1918 after the promotion of General R.W. Paterson to take over the Canadian Cavalry Brigade. Stevenson ended the war with a Distinguished Service Order and two Bars.

He remained in the forestry service until his death in Winnipeg on 1 September 1943.