Education
Victoria College.
Victoria College.
Educated at Victoria College, Jersey, Stevens joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. He served in World War I and was shot down over the North Sea in November 1916 becoming a Prisoner of War. He was appointed Officer Commanding Number.
205 Squadron in 1935.
He served in World World War II as Deputy Director and then Director of Operations (Naval Company-operation) until 1943 when he became Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Number. 18 (Reconnaissance) Group.
He was made Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Gibraltar in 1944. After the War he served as Air Officer Commanding Number.
47 Group, Air Officer Commanding Number.
4 Group and then Air Officer Commanding Number. 22 Group before being appointed Commander of British Forces Aden in 1948. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force East Africa before becoming Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Royal Air Force Coastal Command in 1950 and then Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Royal Air Force Coastal Command in 1951 and retiring in 1953.