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|rank = [[Captain]] <ref name="national-archives">[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4954399 Medal Card of William Stuart Ross] The National Archives. Ref: WO 372/17/95287. Accessed 20 May, 2020.</ref><br>[[Lieutenant]] / 22 December 1916 <ref name="usher">Max Usher (2017). ''Never to Return: Brighton College's Fallen 1914–18''. Bloomsbury. p.114.</ref><br>[[2nd Lieutenant]] (temp) / 13 November 1914 <ref>[https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/104763193 Promotions/Appointments - Army Lists, December 1914] National Library of Scotland. p.1173. Accessed 20 May, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28976/page/9383/data.pdf William Stuart Ross - Temp. 2nd Lieutenant] Supplement to the London Gazette. 16 November, 1914. p.9383. Accessed 20 May, 2020.</ref>
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|siblings = Ronald Maynard Ross, also killed in the War / 4 March 1917 <ref>[https://www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/person/118959 William Stuart Ross] Surrey in the Great War:
A County Remembers. Accessed 19 May, 2020.</ref>
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|casualty_type = Commonwealth War Dead
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|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 <ref name="usher"/><ref>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."</ref>
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File:Ross, William Stuart (Lieutenant).jpg|Lieutenant Ross
File:6th Border Regiment Officers, Egypt 1916.jpg|Lieutenant Ross (middle row, far right) Sidi Bashr, Egypt, 1916
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Latest revision as of 11:04, 23 May 2020

William Stuart Ross
William Stuart Ross
William Stuart Ross

A Soldier of the Border Regiment
Remembered with Honour


Lonsdale Battalion 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 / Wounded in action along with fellow officer Lieutenant Montmorency / 8 August 1915 / Suvla [6]
Born 6 March 1892 / Brighton, Sussex [2]
Nationality English
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 [7]
Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead
Died 23 July 1917
Age 25 Years
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][8]
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 {{{scroll}}}
Websites William Stuart Ross Remembrance / Brighton College Remembers
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Biography
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References and Notes
See notes and definitions for primary source material and further information.
  1. Medal Card of William Stuart Ross The National Archives. Ref: WO 372/17/95287. Accessed 20 May, 2020.
  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. 6th Battalion War Diary, August 1915.
  7. William Stuart Ross Surrey in the Great War: A County Remembers. Accessed 19 May, 2020.
  8. 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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