Lt.-Col. Algernon Bingham Anstruther Stewart

Lt.-Col. Algernon Bingham Anstruther Stewart

• Born on 6 December 1869.
• Son of Colonel Charles Edward Stewart and Annie Nairn Anstruther.
• Married Edith Evelyn Vivian, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian and Lady Jane Georgina Dalrymple, on 8 November 1911.
• Died on 23 May 1916 at age 46, killed in action.

He fought in the Chitral Campaign; gained the rank of Major in the service of the Seaforth Highlanders; fought in the Boer War.; decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.); fought in the First World War.; Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) killed in action in 1916.

Children of Lt.-Col. Algernon Bingham Anstruther Stewart and Edith Evelyn Vivian

• Sheila Anne Stewart b. 12 Feb 1915, d. 1987
• Barbara Jean Stewart b. 12 Feb 1915
  

The Peerage

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STEWART, ALGERNON BINGHAM ANSTRUTHER

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Date of Death: 23/05/1916
Age: 46
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders Commanding 1st/4th Bn.
Awards: D S O
Grave Reference: I. C. 1.
Cemetery: LOUEZ MILITARY CEMETERY, DUISANS
Additional Information: Son of Colonel Charles Edward and Anne Nairn Stewart, of Ornochkenoch, Kirkcudbright; husband of E. Evelyn Lennox (formerly Stewart), of 11, Sumner Place, South Kensington, London.

CWGC

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GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921)

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• First name(s) ALGERNON B A
• Last name STEWART
• Death year 1916
• Rank T.LT.COL.
• Unit or regiment Seaforth Highlanders
• Record source GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921)
• Volume O.4
• Page 138
• Record set British nationals armed forces deaths 1796-2005
• Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
• Subcategory Deaths & burials
  

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