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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/74
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 03.09.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Pier & Face 15C

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Railway Constable, Methil Docks, Fife
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Wife, Wellesley Rd, Methil

  • Children:

More about William Stewart

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

William Stewart   S/74   Cameron Highlanders

METHIL MAN MISSING.

Mrs Stewart, Wellesley Road, Methil, has been notified by the War Office that her husband, Private William Stewart, Cameron Highlanders, has been posted as missing as from 3d September.  He had been through the South African war, and rejoined the colours while acting as a railway constable at Methil Docks and the N.B. local system.

Dundee Courier 13th October 1916

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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