Walter Robert Stewart DSO, MC, 1888 - 1918
William Robert Stewart
William Robert Stewart was the younger son of Major-General the Hon. Alexander Stewart, Deputy Lieutenant of Wigtown and Kirkcudbright and Adela Maud Stewart. He descended from the 9th Earl of Galloway. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, in January 1914 he married Esme Winifred Mary Grenfell, known as Mollie, daughter of Riversdale Grenfell, who lived at Welwyn Hall throughout the war years.
He joined the Rifle Brigade in June 1908. When the 7th (Service) Battalion was raised in 1914 he was appointed Adjutant and soon promoted to Captain.
He went to France with the 7th Battalion in May 1915 and took part in fighting around Hooge, being awarded the Military Cross in June. During September he was given command of the Battalion but was wounded at the Somme and returned to England. In January 1917 he was mentioned in dispatches by Sir Douglas Haig.
In March 1917 he returned to France in command of the 13th Battalion as Lieutenant Colonel and was mentioned in dispatches during the Battle of Arras.
He was killed in action on the 8th April 1918
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