Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion
Military Service
In school Cadet Corps. On leaving school he joined No 3 Company of 5th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) with whom he served for 4 years but at the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders on the 7th September as private S/12204. By February 1915 he had progressed through the non-commissioned ranks and reached Sergeant. He served in France from 10th May 1915 and was wounded in the left forearm and hip (or thigh) on the 25th September during the Battle of Loos. He was invalided home at the beginning of October and remained in Britain until he returned to France on 16th August 1916. During this period at home he received a commission in the 6th Battalion Cameronians as Second Lieutenant on 16th August 1916. However, by the time he received his commission this battalion which had suffered heavily during the early part of the Battle of the Somme had been merged with the 5th Battalion Cameronians to form a composite 5/6th Battalion. As a result it seems that when Stewart returned to the front he was actually attached to the 2nd Battalion of the regiment.
Born
Death
23rd October 1916
Circumstances of death
Killed during an assault on a German trench known as Zenith during the Battle of Le Transloy, a later phase of the Battle of the Somme.
Age
27
Burial
Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, X. ZZ. 1
CWGC Information
Son of Archibald and Christina Frances MacKellar Stewart, of Partick, Glasgow.
Parents
Archibald Stewart (c1839-1921) & Christina F McKellar (c1854-1935)
Fathers Occupation
Siblings
Janet (c1876-), Donald A (c1878-), Christina M (c1880-1915), Mary (c1882-), Archibald (c1884-), Alexander P (b.&d. 1885), Margaret I (c1887-), Isabella F (1889-1895), Alister (1893-1894), Walter N (c1897-)
Spouse
Education
High School of Glasgow. Played for the First Fifteen.
Occupation
Partner in the firm of Archibald Stewart and Sons, house factors, Partick and of A and A Stewart, 164 Bath Street, Glasgow
1891 Census
Ravenswood Cottage, Annfield Road, Partick
1901 Census
38 Balshagray Avenue, Partick
1911 Census
38 Balshagray Avenue, Partick
Home Address
38 Balshagray Avenue, Partick (mother 1922)
Glasgow Necropolis
Other Memorials
Scottish National War Memorial
Other Information
An officer in the 69th Glasgow Company of the Boys’ Brigade. This company was based at Westbourne Free Church Mission Halls in Ruchill
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to the High School of Glasgow, the Cameronian’s Museum, Ancestry, and Find my past.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Family Search
Scotlands People
The Long, Long Trail
The Scottish War Memorials Project
Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008)
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Regiment Information
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion
Military Service
In school Cadet Corps. On leaving school he joined No 3 Company of 5th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) with whom he served for 4 years but at the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders on the 7th September as private S/12204. By February 1915 he had progressed through the non-commissioned ranks and reached Sergeant. He served in France from 10th May 1915 and was wounded in the left forearm and hip (or thigh) on the 25th September during the Battle of Loos. He was invalided home at the beginning of October and remained in Britain until he returned to France on 16th August 1916. During this period at home he received a commission in the 6th Battalion Cameronians as Second Lieutenant on 16th August 1916. However, by the time he received his commission this battalion which had suffered heavily during the early part of the Battle of the Somme had been merged with the 5th Battalion Cameronians to form a composite 5/6th Battalion. As a result it seems that when Stewart returned to the front he was actually attached to the 2nd Battalion of the regiment.
Born
Death
23rd October 1916
Circumstances of Death
Killed during an assault on a German trench known as Zenith during the Battle of Le Transloy, a later phase of the Battle of the Somme.
Age
27
Burial
Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, X. ZZ. 1
Stewart was originally buried at Map Reference 57c.N34.b.9.9. before being exhumed and moved to the Guards’ Cemetery during the post-war battlefield clearances and concentration of cemeteries.
CWGC Information
Son of Archibald and Christina Frances MacKellar Stewart, of Partick, Glasgow.
Parents
Archibald Stewart (c1839-1921) & Christina F McKellar (c1854-1935)
Father's Occupation
Siblings
Janet (c1876-), Donald A (c1878-), Christina M (c1880-1915), Mary (c1882-), Archibald (c1884-), Alexander P (b.&d. 1885), Margaret I (c1887-), Isabella F (1889-1895), Alister (1893-1894), Walter N (c1897-)
Spouse
Education
High School of Glasgow. Played for the First Fifteen.
Occupation
Partner in the firm of Archibald Stewart and Sons, house factors, Partick and of A and A Stewart, 164 Bath Street, Glasgow
1911 Census
38 Balshagray Avenue, Partick
Home Address
38 Balshagray Avenue, Partick (mother 1922)
Glasgow Necropolis
1891 Census
Ravenswood Cottage, Annfield Road, Partick
1901 Census
38 Balshagray Avenue, Partick
Other Memorials
Scottish National War Memorial
Other Information
An officer in the 69th Glasgow Company of the Boys’ Brigade. This company was based at Westbourne Free Church Mission Halls in Ruchill
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to the High School of Glasgow, the Cameronian’s Museum, Ancestry, and Find my past.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Family Search
Scotlands People
The Long, Long Trail
The Scottish War Memorials Project
Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008)
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
