Pte Robert Stewart (photograph)
Item
Title
Pte Robert Stewart (photograph)
Who?
Private Robert Stewart
Item(s)
Memorial photograph
Story
A small framed memorial photograph of Private Robert Stewart, my great-uncle. He served in the King's Own Scottish Borders and was killed in December 1916. He was buried near the causality clearing station.
As my grandmother could not afford to travel to his grave in France, I was the first family member to visit. Though I didn't know him, it was a very emotional experience. It was a small cemetery, I placed a small cross on his grave. When my grandmother died, the letters and objects relating to his service and death were passed to her grandson, my son
As my grandmother could not afford to travel to his grave in France, I was the first family member to visit. Though I didn't know him, it was a very emotional experience. It was a small cemetery, I placed a small cross on his grave. When my grandmother died, the letters and objects relating to his service and death were passed to her grandson, my son
When?
1914 - 1916
Contributor
Linda Wade
Collection Day
01/02/18, Sunningwell