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John Stewart

In memory of:

Private John Stewart

April 13, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

406941

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Son of John and Margaret Stewart; husband of Isabella Stewart, of Port Dalhousie, Ontario. Born at Edinburgh, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 168 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VI. B. 16.

Location:

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located about 12 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre, the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching Poperinge, the N308 joins the left hand turning onto the R33, Poperinge ring road. The R33 ring continues to the left hand junction with the N38 Frans-Vlaanderenweg. 800 metres along the N38 lies the left hand turning onto Lenestraat. The next immediate right hand turning leads onto Boescheepseweg. The cemetery itself is located 2 kilometres along Boescheepseweg on the right hand side of the road. From Calais, take the motorway A16 signposted Dunkerque/Lille. At Dunkerque take the motorway signposted Lille/Ypres, the A25. Leave the motorway at Junction 13, the village of Steenvoorde. Follow the D948/N38 signposted Ieper/Poperinge. After approximately 8-10 kilometres Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery will be signposted off to the right.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– This is the picture of John Muir Stewart which was printed in the Edinburgh Evening News (newspaper). It would be given to them by his mother who lived in Edinburgh. At the time the newspaper would print the obituaries of all local war dead with a picture until such time as this became impossible because of the numbers. He left a wife and daughter (Mary/May) living at Main Street, Port Dalhousie, have never been able to trace them. His brother Harry (my grandfather) was KIA at the Somme three months after John's death.
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Entrance
  • Cemetery
  • Grave marker

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