Capt. Atholl Archibald Stuart
Royal Scots, 10th/11th Bn.,
Died 17 Oct 1917 aged 23
New Irish Farm Cemetery
Born at Brig House, 1894. Son of John William Stuart, paper manufacturer from Blair Atholl and Mrs. Kate Stuart (maiden surname Denniston and born in Greenock), Brig House, Bridgehouse. Educated at Merchiston Castle School. Killed in action at Passchendaele. He received a relatively minor wound in the thigh or hip and was carried to a pillbox aid station where his stretcher was hit by a shell. One of his stretcher bearers was killed instantly and Atholl died soon after. Shown on St. John’s Hall memorial (with age of 24).
The portrait is from the Stuart Family Monograph.
Last update: 2009 10 03 JGM