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Henry Matthew Stewart

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Henry Stewart, image courtesy of Michael Caldwell

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 7129
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Kings Own Scottish Borderers
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 14.07.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.G.2.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1880
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 20 Hilltown, Dundee
  • Occupation: Jute Mill Worker
  • Mother:

    Sarah Winepress

  • Father:

    James Stewart

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Agnes Malcolm Paterson Thomson, 20 Hilltown, Dundee

  • Children:

    Mary Ann, Henry, born 04.01.1904, David, born 14.09.1905, Charles, born 16.04.1913 & John, born 03.12.1914

More about Henry Matthew Stewart

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

Henry Stewart   7129   King’s Own Scottish Borderers

DUNDEE BORDERER KILLED.

After eighteen years’ service as a soldier of the King, Corporal Henry Stewart, 20 Hilltown, Dundee, has fought his last fight.

A member of that splendid regiment, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Corporal Stewart, who was 36 years of age, was killed in action on 14th July.  Before being called up as a reservist when war broke out, he was in the service of Mr John Carnegie, contractor.

Corporal Stewart fought in the South African War, and was awarded two medals, with the clasps Johannesburg, Paardeberg, and Cape Colony.  The death of this gallant and well-tried soldier is mourned by Mrs Stewart and four children.

Dundee Courier 8th August 1916

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

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