Private ROBERT STEWART
Last address in Lewis: 4 Scotland Street, Stornoway
Brother of Mrs. Annie MacKay, of 82, North Watson St., Glasgow.
Son of Alexander and Christina Stewart of 2 Holm or Garden Road, Stornoway
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7057
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 24 November 1914 at the age of 18
Died of wounds
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, right panel
Was called up at the start of the war.
Robert is shown as a 5-year old on the 1901 census at 2 Holm , with his parents Alexander (50, cooper) and Christina (45). His siblings are Ann (17), Christina (13), Alexander (12), Malcolm (9), Donald (7) and John M (5).
John M is thought to have perished in the sinking of the Lucigen in 1915. Alexander (jr) served in the Royal Engineers, and Donald in the Gordon Highlanders.
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