Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Archibald G. Stewart
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
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- Rank: Orderly
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- Regiment/Service: H.M.H.S. Rohilla
- Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
- Place of Death: Lost at sea, off Whitby
- Age at Death: 26
- Date of Death: 30/10/1914
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery: Whitby Rohilla Memorial
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Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 163 Parliamentary Road, Glasgow
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More about Archibald G. Stewart
Archibald G Stewart was born in Dundee and lived at 163 Parliamentary Road, Glasgow. The Hospital Ship Rohilla was on passage from Scapa Flow to Dunkirk and, earlier had put into Aberdeen to land Midshipman Prince Albert, the future King George VI, for an operation to remove his appendix. It is reported that she called at South Queensferry and then Tynemouth and was wrecked off Whitby on the night of 30 October 1914. Despite desperate efforts from those ashore and lifeboat crews the ship broke up and, of the 229 men and women onboard, only 146 were saved. Five local men were lost. Archibald G Stewart is not commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial or by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, probably because the loss was accidental and not caused by enemy action. He is listed on the Whitby Rohilla Memorial as J Stewart.
Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie
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