Stewart, Arthur Easdale, son of John Stewart, of Kilmacomb; b. May 18, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1894; 2nd Lieut. Black Watch June 26, 1901; Indian Army Nov. 9, 1902; Lieut. Sept. 26, 1903; Capt. June 17, 1909; temp. Major June 17, 1916; served in South Africa 1899-1901, and Great War I; M.C. Feb. 1, 1917; a member of the Aberdeen County Council from 1940; a well-known philatelist; m.; d. July 21, 1957.
Stewart, Charles Duncan Stuart, son of Col. Charles Victor Stewart OBE MC RE, architect, of Sidcup, Kent; b. 19 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1932; Sgt Pilot Bomber Command RAF; killed in action Jan. 1942.
Charles Duncan Stuart Stewart was born at Kensington, London on the 19th of April 1918 the elder son of Colonel Charles Victor Stewart OBE, MC, Royal Engineers, later an architect, and Doris Stuart (nee Kettelwell) Stewart of 12, Cottesmore Gardens, Kensington. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from September 1931 to July 1932.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
On the night of the 25th/26th of January 1942, Bomber Command dispatched 61 aircraft to attack enemy warships in Brest Harbour. 49 Squadron dispatched seventeen aircraft for the raid and they began taking off at 4.50pm. When they arrived over the target it was found to be covered by 10/10th cloud with most of the aircraft attacking alternate targets in the area of the docks, while eight returned without making an attack at all. All the aircraft returned to base.
Charles Stewart and his crew took off from RAF Scampton at 5.12pm on the 25th of January 1942 in Hampden AT129 EA-O for the operation. The aircraft was carrying a load of bombs and pyrotechnics. At the time, he had accumulated 238.20 hours of total solo flying time of which 159.20 were on Hampden aircraft. Two minutes after lifting off the aircraft crashed to the west of the airfield at the hamlet of Bransby, between the villages of Sturton and Saxilby at 5.10pm killing the entire crew.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Charles Duncan Stuart Stewart (Pilot)
Sergeant Albert Hibbet (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Kenneth Edward Northrop (Observer)
Sergeant Leonard Arthur Jardine (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
It is thought that the cause of the crash was due to ice having collected on the flying surfaces.
His funeral took place on the 31st of January 1942.
The crew are commemorated on a memorial in a wooden shelter at the Bransby Equestrian Centre.
He is buried at Sutton Cemetery, Section B, Grave 35.
STEWART, DUNCAN, second son of John Duncan Alexander Stewart, Hillhead, Dumfriesshire; b. 18 Jun 1831; adm. 30 Jan 1847 (Rigaud's); Ensign, 13th Light Infantry 3 Jul 1855; Lieut., 25 Oct 1855; 86th Foot 1 Oct 1858; Capt., 16 Aug 1861; Brevet Maj., 11 Mar 1862; Capt., 92nd Foot 17 Nov 1863; retd., temp. half-pay 23 Dec 1871; Lieut. -Col., retd., 24 Oct 1872; served in India 1858; m. 1st, 8 Sep 1864 Emily Rose, only child of John M. Lindsay, Director of HM Chancery for Scotland; m. 2nd, 14 Jun 1887 Cecil Elizabeth, seventh dau. of Thomas Charlton Whitmore MP, Apley, Shropshire; d. 19 Dec 1909.
STEWART, SIR GEORGE, BART., eldest son of Sir John Stewart, Bart., Grandtully, Perthshire, and Clementina, dau. of Charles Steuart, Ballechin, Perthshire; b. 17 Oct 1750; in school lists 1764; KS 1765; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1769 – void 27 Jun 1780; BA 1773; MA 1777; adm. advocate 3 Aug 1776; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Nov 1776; succ. as 5th baronet 6 Oct 1797; of Grandtully and Murthly, Perthshire; m. 16 Apr 1792 Catherine, eldest dau. of John Drummond, Logiealmond, Perthshire; d. 9 Dec 1827.
STEWART, HON. RICHARD, third son of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (I), Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (I), and Hon. Mary Coote, dau. of Richard Coote, 1st Baron Coloony (I) [check]; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 2 Jul 1695, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1695 – void 1709; BA (Christ Church Act Book) 1699; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1714; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1702-14, Strabane 1715-27, Co. Tyrone from 1727; Capt. of the Battleaxe Guards (I); d. unm. 4 Aug 1728.
Stewart, Terence Harvey, son of Maj. Charles Harvey Stewart IA, of Rushden, Herts, and Hilda Caroline Gwenda, d. of Capt. Frederick Thomas Verschoyle of Kingstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland; b. 9 Mar. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (G); left July 1952; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1961; an investment consult. in Cambridge; partner, Investment Research Cambridge 1956-88; d. 11 Oct. 2002.
STEWART, WALTER, eldest son of Arthur Stewart, Collector of Customs, Cork, Ireland, and Mary, younger dau. of Spencer Madan (adm. 1770, qv); b. 13 Jul 1841; adm. Jun 1854 (G); left Aug 1854; entered Royal Navy 13 Sep 1854; Sub-Lieut., 12 Sep 1860; Lieut., 10 Dec 1861; Cdr., 13 May 1869; Capt., 9 Jan 1878; Rear-Adm. 1 Jan 1893; served in Black Sea during Crimean War 1854-6, China 1862-4, and in Sudan campaign 1884-5; ADC to Queen Victoria 1 Aug 1891 – 31 Dec 1892; one of nautical assessors to House of Lords; CB 30 May 1891; d. 26 Oct 1896.
Stickland, John Robert Antony, son of George Cuthbert Stickland, Egyptian Education Service, and Kathleen Mary, d. of J. A. Fossick of Gloucester; b. 17 June 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (H); left July 1939; Cadet RN 1939, Sub-Lieut. RNVR June 1942, Lieut. Dec. 1943; killed in action Mar. 1944 in the loss of HMS Gould.
John Robert Antony Stickland was born at Fulham, London on the 17th of June 1921 the only son of George Cuthbert Stickland, Egyptian Education Service, and Kathleen Mary (nee Fossick) Stickland of “Sydenham”, Lewdown in Devon. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1934 to July 1939. He was a member of the Photographic Society and was elected as Secretary of the Natural History Society in 1938.
On leaving school he entered the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Special Entry Cadet on the 1st of September 1939 and was appointed as a Midshipman on the 31st of October 1940. He was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant in June 1942 and was promoted to Lieutenant in December 1943. He was posted to the frigate HMS Gould (K476).
On the 29th of February 1944, HMS Gould, under the command of Lieutenant Daniel William Ungoed RN, was on convoy escort duty when she was one of four frigates which located the U Boat U-358, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Rolf Manke, when some 450 miles to the north, north east of the Azores. In a series of attacks on the U Boat, which lasted throughout the night, the four ships dropped a total of 104 depth charges. The next day two of the frigates left for Gibraltar leaving HMS Gould and the frigate HMS Affleck (K362) to continue the pursuit of the enemy submarine. After 38 hours underwater and having been under continuous depth charge attacks, U-358 was forced to the surface at 7.20pm where she managed to fire a G7e “Gnat” torpedo from her rear tube which struck HMS Gould in the aft motor room at 7.21pm. The explosion broke her in two, with the stern section sinking very quickly. The forward section capsized and sank twenty five minutes later following a heavy list to starboard. Seven officers and one hundred and sixteen ratings were killed in the attack.
HMS Affleck closed with the U Boat at full speed and with all guns firing, scoring hits on the conning tower and on the hull of the enemy submarine. She then attacked with depth charges at close range and, after an explosion which broke the back of the U Boat, it sank at 7.39pm with only one survivor from its crew being picked up and taken prisoner. The frigate then rescued three officers and thirty two ratings from HMS Gould before taking them to Gibraltar. One rating died from his wounds during the journey and was buried at sea the following day.
His parents received the following telegram: - “From Admiralty. Deeply regret to inform you that your son Lieutenant J.R.A. Stickland RNVR has been reported missing presumed killed on active service. Letter follows shortly.”
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Lewdown.
He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 92, Column 3.
STIKEMAN, ALFRED WILLETT, son of Thomas James Stikeman, Clerk in War Office, afterwards of Point Fortune, Canada, and Lucinda, sister of Thomas Willett (qv); b. 28 Nov 1814; adm. 16 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); m. Agatha Cecilia Constance, eldest dau. of Keith Macalister, Glenbarr, Argyllshire; d. at Halifax, Nova Scotia 1889.
STIKEMAN, FREDERICK BORWICK, brother of Alfred Willett Stikeman (qv); b. 23 Oct 1816; adm. 16 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); lived in Canada for some years; returned to England; became partner in firm Lacoste & Stikeman, bankers, Chertsey, Surrey; m. 3 Aug 1848 Jane, fifth dau. of Richard Sparkes, Wonersh, Surrey; d. 1 Jun 1893.