Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Albert Stiven
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion, attd 6th/7th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 24.01.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Peake Wood Cemetery, Fricourt
- Grave/Mem Ref no: D.6.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address:
- Occupation: McIntyre & Rae, Chartered Accountants, Reform St, Dundee
- Mother:
Jane Stiven “Fir Neuk” 335 Blackness Rd, Dundee
- Father:
David Russel Stiven, “Fir Neuk” 335 Blackness Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Albert Stiven
Albert Stiven Royal Scots Fusiliers
DUNDEE OFFICER KILLED.
Lieutenant Albert Stiven, Royal Scots Fusiliers, younger son of Mr David R. Stiven Fir Neuk, Blackness Road, Dundee, has been killed in action. Lieutenant Stiven, who was 19 years of age, was educated at Harris Academy, and was employed with Messrs McIntyre & Rae, chartered accountants, Reform Street. He enlisted along with his companion, Lieutenant Douglas C. Ferguson, who was killed two days after his friend, in the Artists’ Rifles in November, 1915, and after a course of training received a commission in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He had been at the front since October Last.
Dundee Courier 30th January 1917
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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