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a soldier of the border regiment
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6th Border Regiment Roll of Honour

Full Name	William Stuart Ross
Rank (highest)	Captain ^[1] Lieutenant / 22 December 1916 ^[2] 2nd Lieutenant (temp) / 13 November 1914 ^[3]^[4]
Company	C Company / Officer Commanding / October 1916^[5]
Battalion	6th Battalion
Regiment	Border Regiment
Theatre(s) of War	France and Flanders Egypt Gallipoli^[6]^[7]
Born	6 March 1892 / Brighton, Sussex ^[2]
Nationality
Education	Cambridge University / Brighton College
Parents	Dr Douglas Ross and Emma Ross (née Daniels)^[2] / 19 Sackville Gardens, Hove, Sussex
Sibling(s)	Ronald Maynard Ross, also killed in the War / 4 March 1917 ^[8]
Casualty Type	Commonwealth War Dead
Died	23 July 1917
Age	25
Cause of Death	Killed in action along with 5 of his men by enemy shell fire while he was conducting a Lewis machine gun inspection ^[2]^[9]
Burial Type	Grave
Reference Number	I.A.5.
Resting Place	La Brique Military Cemetery No.2 Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Coordinates	Latitude: 50.86469 / Longitude: 2.89442
Commemorative Scroll	Yes / click here
Websites	William Stuart Ross Remembrance / Brighton College Remembers
Images	Yes / click here

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References and notes

↑ Medal Card of William Stuart Ross The National Archives. Ref: WO 372/17/95287. Accessed 20 May, 2020.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Max Usher (2017). Never to Return: Brighton College's Fallen 1914–18. Bloomsbury. p.114.
↑ Promotions/Appointments - Army Lists, December 1914 National Library of Scotland. p.1173. Accessed 20 May, 2020.
↑ William Stuart Ross - Temp. 2nd Lieutenant Supplement to the London Gazette. 16 November, 1914. p.9383. Accessed 20 May, 2020.
↑ 6th Battalion War Diary, October 1916.
↑ Wounded in action along with fellow officer Lieutenant Montmorency, Suvla, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.
↑ 6th Battalion War Diary, August 1915.
↑ William Stuart Ross Surrey in the Great War: A County Remembers. Accessed 19 May, 2020.
↑ An extract from a Battalion letter of condolence reads: "He was such a fine boy, and so well liked by us all. We do miss him very much indeed, for we have lost a friend, a true soldier, and a very gallant gentleman. One of nature's own."

See notes and definitions for primary source material and further information.

[national-archives-1] Medal Card of William Stuart Ross The National Archives. Ref: WO 372/17/95287. Accessed 20 May, 2020.

[usher-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Max Usher (2017). Never to Return: Brighton College's Fallen 1914–18. Bloomsbury. p.114.

[3] Promotions/Appointments - Army Lists, December 1914 National Library of Scotland. p.1173. Accessed 20 May, 2020.

[4] William Stuart Ross - Temp. 2nd Lieutenant Supplement to the London Gazette. 16 November, 1914. p.9383. Accessed 20 May, 2020.

[5] 6th Battalion War Diary, October 1916.

[6] Wounded in action along with fellow officer Lieutenant Montmorency, Suvla, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.

[7] 6th Battalion War Diary, August 1915.

[8] William Stuart Ross Surrey in the Great War: A County Remembers. Accessed 19 May, 2020.

[9] An extract from a Battalion letter of condolence reads: "He was such a fine boy, and so well liked by us all. We do miss him very much indeed, for we have lost a friend, a true soldier, and a very gallant gentleman. One of nature's own."

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