The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

spoons · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: Maj C H V Stuart, Parton

UKNIWM Ref: 44438

OS Map Ref: NX 697 700

There is also a stained glass window in St Margaret's Episcopal church for the same man.

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:06 am Post subject:

Name: VILLIERS-STUART, CHARLES HERBERT
Initials: C H
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)
Secondary Unit Text: attd. H.Q. Staff Australian and N.Z. Army Corps.
Age: 40
Date of Death: 17/05/1915
Additional information: Son of Col. Villiers-Stuart, of Castletown, Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland; husband of Joan Villiers-Stuart, of Troquhain, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 4.
Cemetery: BEACH CEMETERY, ANZAC

His mother's family (Murray) were from Parton. See
http://thepeerage.com/p7277.htm#i72769
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Ken