The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

ander11 · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:54 pm Post subject: Gorebridge and stobhill memorial

Hi there, is there any way to find where a soldier who is on this memorial to find out his home address at the time leading up to his death
He is a Private John Stewart in the royal Highlanders

best reguards Ander11

spoons · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:21 pm Post subject:

The problem is that there are 16 J Stewarts in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) and you really need a date of death, or service number or at least Battalion in order to narrow the search.

Could it be this man? He is the only one I can find with a connection to Lothian.

rname STEWART
Firstname John
Service Number S/7730
Date Death 22/06/1916
Decoration
Place of birth Edinburgh
Other 2nd Bn.
SNWM roll THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)
Rank Pte
Theatre of death Persian Gulf.

\Paul

ander11 · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:21 pm Post subject:

Thank's paul for your reply I have got it down to 2 j.stewart in 2nd bn Black watch

pte john stewart s/7730
pte john stewart s/8765 this one was born in crieff,perthshire as I know john stewart father also john.stewart ( game keeper from Pitmachie,Aberdeenshire got married to catherine mcdonald in little dunkeld 24/06/1881. then john.simpson stewart was born in 1883
he got married 06/02/1903 to francis husband (domestic servant)
then my grand mother was born 23/05/1906
I don't know where he was born either crieff or edinburgh

many thank's
ander11

spoons · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject:

I think you have a tough job on there. Both buried in the Amara war cemetery in Iraq and died only 4 days apart. Neither have service records that have survived and published on Ancestry and no helpful information on their MIC.

If you can track his medals they should give his number. Otherwise I think your only chance will be to find a date of death in a local newspaper.

Good luck.

\Paul