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+{{ROH Soldier 6th Battalion
-{{infobox soldier-alt3
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  |image1               = Ross, William Stuart (Lieutenant).jpg
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- |image1_alt           = William Stuart Ross
+ |image1_alt           =
- |image_caption        = William Stuart Ross
+ |image_caption        = {{no image|subject=soldier}}
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- |scroll_imagesize     = 450
- |scroll_fontsize      = 160
- |scroll_name          = William Stuart Ross
- |scroll_battalion     = 6th Battalion
- |scroll_regiment      = The Border Regiment
 <!--MILITARY----------->
  |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>
  |service_number       =
- |company              = C Company / Officer Commanding / October 1916 <ref>[[6th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]].</ref>
+ |company              = C Company / Officer Commanding / October 1916<ref>[[6th Battalion War Diary, October 1916]].</ref>
  |battalion            = [[6th Battalion]]
  |regiment             = [[Border Regiment]]
  |enlisted             =
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  |former_unit          =
  |commands             =
- |theatres             = France and Flanders<br>Egypt<br>Gallipoli / Wounded in action along with fellow officer [[Herbert Branston de Montmorency|Lieutenant Montmorency]] / 8 August 1915 / Suvla <ref>[[6th Battalion War Diary, August 1915]].</ref>
+ |theatres             = France and Flanders<br>Egypt<br>Gallipoli<ref>Wounded in action along with fellow officer [[Herbert Branston de Montmorency|Lieutenant Montmorency]], Suvla, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.</ref><ref>[[6th Battalion War Diary, August 1915]].</ref>
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  |nickname             =
  |born                 = 6 March 1892 / Brighton, Sussex <ref name="usher"/>
- |education            = Cambridge University<br>Brighton College
+ |nationality          = {{flag|England|25px}}
+ |education            = Cambridge University / Brighton College
  |former_employment    =
  |spouse               =
  |children             =
- |parents              = Dr Douglas Ross and Emma Ross (née Daniels) <ref name="usher"/> / 19 Sackville Gardens, Hove, Sussex
+ |parents              = Dr Douglas Ross and Emma Ross (née Daniels)<ref name="usher"/> / 19 Sackville Gardens, Hove, Sussex
  |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>
  |additional_family    =
  |residence            =
- |nationality          = English
 <!--REMEMBRANCE-------->
  |casualty_type        = Commonwealth War Dead
  |died                 = 23 July 1917
- |age                  = 25 Years
+ |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 <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>
+ |cause_of_death       = [[Killed in action]] along with 5 of his men by enemy [[shell]] fire while he was conducting a {{gw|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>
  |burial_type          = Grave
  |reference_number     = I.A.5.
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  |periodicals          =
  |books                =
  |websites             = [https://www.brightoncollegeremembers.com/roll-of-honour/1915 William Stuart Ross Remembrance] / Brighton College Remembers
  |links                =
+ |images               = {{images}}
 <!--BIOGRAPHY---------->
  |biography            = {{no biography}}
-<!--IMAGES------------->
- |images               =
-<gallery mode="packed" heights=250px>
-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
-</gallery>
 <!--REFERENCES--------->
- |references           = {{reflist|3}}
+ |references           = {{reflist|2}}
 }}
+[[Category:6th Battalion Roll of Honour]]
+[[Category:Roll of Honour]]
 [[Category:Officers (6th Battalion)]]
-[[Category:6th Battalion Roll of Honour]]
+[[Category:Rank of Captain]]
+[[Category:Born in England]]
+[[Category:Born in Brighton]]
+[[Category:Died in 1917]]
+[[Category:Died aged 25]]
+[[Category:Killed in action]]
+[[Category:Casualties with graves]]
+[[Category:La Brique Military Cemetery No.2]]