Born at 1 Upper Berkeley Street, London, England and baptized at St Mark, North Audley Street, London, England on 20 May 1891. He was educated at Eton. At the outbreak of the Great War, he joined the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. He attained the rank of Lieutenant and served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. He was wounded in action at Ypres and died at L'Ecole de la Bienfaisance. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres Memorial, Panel 11, in Belgium.
Family photos found on-line at: https://carmunnockcc.com/illustrations/last-laird-of-castlemilk-2/
"Second Lieutenant James Stirling Stuart was only 23 when killed, his majority had been celebrated two years previously with celebrations at both Castlemilk House
and in the village.
He had recovered from the wounds he received at the battle of the Aisne and had returned to his unit at a time of extreme crisis for the British Army, the Germans
mounting a massive assault on the exhausted and depleted remnants of the original BEF. culminating in a final attempt between November 10 - 16th by the German 6th Army. The 1st Scots Guards were decimated during these days, although it would appear that Lt.Stirling - Stuart was killed the day previous to this attack - several battallions [sic] of his regiment had already been committed up to the 9th and it is possible that he was part of these detached commands. He is said to have been leading his men onto the German trenches and was within 5 yards of the enemy, in the act of cheering on his men when his uplifted arm was shattered by shrapnel, He was carried back to L'Ecole de la Bienfaisance in Ypres, a nunnery converted into a field hospital where he died within a few hours. He seems to have been buried in the grounds of this hospital, the Staatswell Daad School probably being the nunnery school. The building was totally levelled like almost the whole of Ypres in the ensuing years and his grave with thousands of others was completely lost, although a
fellow officer possibly brought back the hinge of the gate which now lies on the floor of the vault, possibly at the request of the family , when it was realised that the area was totally devastated.
His name now only appears on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing."
Wyper, Andrew, et al. Carmunnock Parish Church: Graveyard Monuments: Record and Data Base. 1996.
Family photos found on-line at: https://carmunnockcc.com/illustrations/last-laird-of-castlemilk-2/
"Second Lieutenant James Stirling Stuart was only 23 when killed, his majority had been celebrated two years previously with celebrations at both Castlemilk House
and in the village.
He had recovered from the wounds he received at the battle of the Aisne and had returned to his unit at a time of extreme crisis for the British Army, the Germans
mounting a massive assault on the exhausted and depleted remnants of the original BEF. culminating in a final attempt between November 10 - 16th by the German 6th Army. The 1st Scots Guards were decimated during these days, although it would appear that Lt.Stirling - Stuart was killed the day previous to this attack - several battallions [sic] of his regiment had already been committed up to the 9th and it is possible that he was part of these detached commands. He is said to have been leading his men onto the German trenches and was within 5 yards of the enemy, in the act of cheering on his men when his uplifted arm was shattered by shrapnel, He was carried back to L'Ecole de la Bienfaisance in Ypres, a nunnery converted into a field hospital where he died within a few hours. He seems to have been buried in the grounds of this hospital, the Staatswell Daad School probably being the nunnery school. The building was totally levelled like almost the whole of Ypres in the ensuing years and his grave with thousands of others was completely lost, although a
fellow officer possibly brought back the hinge of the gate which now lies on the floor of the vault, possibly at the request of the family , when it was realised that the area was totally devastated.
His name now only appears on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing."
Wyper, Andrew, et al. Carmunnock Parish Church: Graveyard Monuments: Record and Data Base. 1996.
Born at 1 Upper Berkeley Street, London, England and baptized at St Mark, North Audley Street, London, England on 20 May 1891. He was educated at Eton. At the outbreak of the Great War, he joined the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. He attained the rank of Lieutenant and served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. He was wounded in action at Ypres and died at L'Ecole de la Bienfaisance. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres Memorial, Panel 11, in Belgium.
Family photos found on-line at: https://carmunnockcc.com/illustrations/last-laird-of-castlemilk-2/
"Second Lieutenant James Stirling Stuart was only 23 when killed, his majority had been celebrated two years previously with celebrations at both Castlemilk House
and in the village.
He had recovered from the wounds he received at the battle of the Aisne and had returned to his unit at a time of extreme crisis for the British Army, the Germans
mounting a massive assault on the exhausted and depleted remnants of the original BEF. culminating in a final attempt between November 10 - 16th by the German 6th Army. The 1st Scots Guards were decimated during these days, although it would appear that Lt.Stirling - Stuart was killed the day previous to this attack - several battallions [sic] of his regiment had already been committed up to the 9th and it is possible that he was part of these detached commands. He is said to have been leading his men onto the German trenches and was within 5 yards of the enemy, in the act of cheering on his men when his uplifted arm was shattered by shrapnel, He was carried back to L'Ecole de la Bienfaisance in Ypres, a nunnery converted into a field hospital where he died within a few hours. He seems to have been buried in the grounds of this hospital, the Staatswell Daad School probably being the nunnery school. The building was totally levelled like almost the whole of Ypres in the ensuing years and his grave with thousands of others was completely lost, although a
fellow officer possibly brought back the hinge of the gate which now lies on the floor of the vault, possibly at the request of the family , when it was realised that the area was totally devastated.
His name now only appears on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing."
Wyper, Andrew, et al. Carmunnock Parish Church: Graveyard Monuments: Record and Data Base. 1996.
Family photos found on-line at: https://carmunnockcc.com/illustrations/last-laird-of-castlemilk-2/
"Second Lieutenant James Stirling Stuart was only 23 when killed, his majority had been celebrated two years previously with celebrations at both Castlemilk House
and in the village.
He had recovered from the wounds he received at the battle of the Aisne and had returned to his unit at a time of extreme crisis for the British Army, the Germans
mounting a massive assault on the exhausted and depleted remnants of the original BEF. culminating in a final attempt between November 10 - 16th by the German 6th Army. The 1st Scots Guards were decimated during these days, although it would appear that Lt.Stirling - Stuart was killed the day previous to this attack - several battallions [sic] of his regiment had already been committed up to the 9th and it is possible that he was part of these detached commands. He is said to have been leading his men onto the German trenches and was within 5 yards of the enemy, in the act of cheering on his men when his uplifted arm was shattered by shrapnel, He was carried back to L'Ecole de la Bienfaisance in Ypres, a nunnery converted into a field hospital where he died within a few hours. He seems to have been buried in the grounds of this hospital, the Staatswell Daad School probably being the nunnery school. The building was totally levelled like almost the whole of Ypres in the ensuing years and his grave with thousands of others was completely lost, although a
fellow officer possibly brought back the hinge of the gate which now lies on the floor of the vault, possibly at the request of the family , when it was realised that the area was totally devastated.
His name now only appears on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing."
Wyper, Andrew, et al. Carmunnock Parish Church: Graveyard Monuments: Record and Data Base. 1996.
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JAMES STIRLING STUART
Lieutenant Scots Guards
BORN 17th APRIL 1891
He Was Killed in Battle On
9th NOVEMBER 1914
At YPRES in FLANDERS
And Is Buried In
HAATSWELL DAADS SCHOOL
YPRES
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