Last address in Lewis: 50 Vatisker
Son of Kenneth Stewart, of 50, Vatisker, Back, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Navy, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 3131/A
Date of death: 13 January 1917 at the age of 27
Died of illness
Interred: Gress Cemetery
Local memorial: Back
John is shown in the 1901 census aged 11, at home with his parents Kenneth (42) and Christina (32) as well as his siblings Kenneth (8), Catherine (6) and Neil (2).
His brothers Neil and Kenneth also served in the RNR, but survived the war.
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