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|rank = [[Captain]]<br>[[Lieutenant]] / 22 December 1916 <ref name="usher">Max Usher (2017). ''Never to Return: Brighton College's Fallen 1914–18''. Bloomsbury. p.114.</ref> |
|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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|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> |
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|theatres = France and Flanders<br>Egypt<br>Gallipoli |
|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> |
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|died = 23 July 1917 |
|died = 23 July 1917 |
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|age = 25 Years |
|age = 25 Years |
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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"/> |
|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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|burial_type = Grave |
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|reference_number = I.A.5. |
|reference_number = I.A.5. |
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|websites = [https://www.brightoncollegeremembers.com/roll-of-honour/1915 William Stuart Ross Remembrance] / Brighton College Remembers |
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