BORN MONTROSE, EDINBURGH 18/10/1896. HE LIVED AT 39, SYMONS STREET, HULL AND 70, BRIGHT STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 21/07/1916). SON OF EDWARD ALEXANDER STEWART (1865-1924) AND ELIZABETH MAUD ELLISON (1879-1957), OF 108, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A COAL DEALER. HE WORKED AS A DRAPER’S ERRAND BOY. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRAINED AT HEDON. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE IN MARCH 1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT FRICOURT, ON THE SOMME.
HIS BROTHER SID STWEART SERVED IN THE TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY.
First name:
EDWARD ALEXANDER
Military Number:
3/6356
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Fricourt New Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
19
