Name Archibald Stewart
Birth Place Stonehouse Lanarkshire
Death Date 28th April 1917
Death Place France Flanders
Enlistment Place Hamilton Lanarkshire
Rank Private
Regiment Highland Light Infantry
Battalion 2nd Battalion
Regimental Number 31102
Type of Casualty Killed in Action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Additional Information
Archie enlisted at Hamilton, date unknown. Son of John and Elizabeth Stewart of 17 Hill Road Stonehouse.
Archie may have been in Territorial Army prior to war and was among the first battalions sent to France. He was killed at the Battle of Arleux near a place called Oppy Wood during the Arras offensive. He has no known grave. (Ref. Hamilton Advertiser June 1917).
His brother Matthew was also killed in France on 2nd October 1918.
The 2nd Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 5th Brigade in the 2nd Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front. It saw action at the Battle of Aisne in September 1914, the Battle of Ypres in November 1914, the Battle of Loos in October 1915, the Battle of the Somme in Summer 1916, the Battle of Arras in April 1917, the Battle of Cambrai in December 1917 and the advance to the Hindenburg Line in September 1918.
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