Promoted to Major-General after his service at Abu Klea, Sudan.
Born at Sparsholt, Hampshire. Died travelling from Khartoum to Korti and was buried near the wells at Jakdul.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Herbert Stewart
Commemorated ati
Herbert Stewart monument
The medallion was sculpted in 1886. Chelsea says: "It appears to be based on...
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Lieutenant James
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Lieutenant Richard James was born about 1900,...
Hampstead Police Force
British History Online provides a quite detailed history of the police force and where it was located.
Ronald Neil Stuart, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 7 June 1917, age 30, while serving in the Royal Naval Reserve. "HMS Pargust disguised as a merchant ship, encountered an enemy submarine. The submarine was sunk an...
Machine Gun Corps
A corps of the British army. It was formed in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in World War I. It had four branches (Infantry, Cavalry, Motor and Hea...
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1st and 2nd London Welsh Battalions
These battalions were recruited at Gray's Inn.