Within the Fleet Air Arm Memorial Chapel modern stained glass has been installed with the badges of RNAS stations Gannet, Osprey, Heron, Seahawk and Deadalus.
However, in maintaining the maritime link, all Royal Navy air stations are additionally named in the same manner as the Navy's ships - in Yeoviltons' instance, it is also called HMS Heron.
He served with 806 Squadron (November 1940), 805 (early 1941), 806 Squadron (March 1941) & 801 Squadrons FAA at HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier), HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset), HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier), HMS Victorious (aircraft carrier), HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) and at Crete and North Africa.
HMS Beagle | Grey Heron | Black-crowned Night Heron | HMS Victory | HMS M31 | HMS Bounty | Patrick Heron | HMS M23 | HMS ''Humber'' | HMS ''Bounty'' | HMS M27 | HMS M25 | HMS Investigator | heron | HMS M33 | HMS ''Beagle'' | HMS Plumper (1848) | HMS Endeavour | Great Blue Heron | HMS ''Victory'' | HMS Royal Charles | HMS Queen Mary | HMS ''Plumper'' | HMS Britannia | Gil Scott-Heron | Mike Heron | Meredith Heron | HMS ''Investigator'' | HMS ''Express'' | HMS Duke of Wellington |
On 30 March 1866 Stephenson was the lieutenant-in-command of HMS Heron, serving in North America and the West Indies, and becoming the commanding officer of a gun-boat on the Canadian lakes during the Fenian raids of 1866.