Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 I think this one will prove interesting..... Name: STIRLING, JAMES Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Age: 30 Date of Death: 02/01/1915 Additional information: Son of Brig. Gen. J. W. Stirling, C.B., C.M.G., and Mrs. C. M. Stirling, of Hensleigh House, Exeter. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 1. Cemetery: BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY Location Information: Bois-Grenier is a village 3 kilometres south of Armentieres on the D222. Brewery Orchard Cemetery will be found on the east side of the village of Bois-Grenier, on the north side of the D22 road to La Chapelle D'Armentieres. Historical Information: The cellar of the brewery was used as a dressing station and the cemetery was started in the orchard nearby in November 1914. It was sheltered from enemy observation by ruined houses and continued in use until January 1918. Brewery Orchard Cemetery contains 339 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also four Second World War burials and five German war graves. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. No. of Identified Casualties: 342 SDGW shows he was Killed in Action, while attached to 1 Bn Cameronians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Captain Sterling's death appears to be isolated. A look on SDGW, shows a steady trickle of casualties up until Christmas day, 1914. Then it goes quiet, as if the regiment was no longer in the line (and resting). Then Capt Stirling is shown as KiA. There are no other casualties until the 6th January 1915, when the steady toll mounts again - so 1 Cameronians appear to be back in the line. As an officer, there is a good chance that his death will figure in the Battalion war diary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Hensleigh House, Tiverton, Exeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Brewery Orchard Cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Brewery Cemetery was obviously very local to the Cameronian's lines. While Captain Stirling's grave was the first one made in plot 'I.A.', others from the Cameronians followed over the course of the next five months: Lt WEDDERBURN, ROBERT HAMILTON MACLAGAN 03/02/1915, aged 21 I. A. 2. Capt BECHER, HENRY OWEN DA BRIDGECOURT, 13/03/1915, aged 25 I. A. 3. Lt ROOKE, CHARLES DOUGLAS WILLOUGHBY, 19/06/1915, aged 20 I. A. 4. Lt GRAY, MAGNUS NIGEL, 21/06/1915, aged 20 I. A. 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 The Cameronians and its museum Taking its name from Richard Cameron, a coventanting minister, the Regiment was raised on 14th May 1689. The Covenanters were named after the National Covenant of 1638 which appealed to Charles the First for a Presbyterian system allowing religious and political independence. This Regiment continued throughout the 18th Century until the merger with the 90th (Perthshire Volunteers) in 1881, when it became the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). August 1914 : in Glasgow. 15 August 1914 : landed at Rouen, as Lines of Communication troops. 22 August 1914 : attached to 19th Brigade, which was not allocated to a Division. 12 October 1914 : transferred with Brigade to 6th Division. 31 May 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 27th Division. 19 August 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 2nd Division. 25 November 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 33rd Division. Rather than suffer a dilution of its reputation, the Regiment disbanded in 1968 during a period of army restructuring. A formal ceremony to mark the disbanding was held at Douglas (where the Regiment was originally formed 279 years earlier) on the same date, 14th May. In 1967, the Cameronians Museum was established. It moved to its current site several years later. The two buildings of the original museum and the current one are now linked, creating an enlarged complex. The exhibits will include impressive core displays on the Regiment and more detailed temporary exhibits from the collection on military themes, and joint exhibits using the general and regimental collections. The Cameronians Regimental Museum and Museum of South Lanarkshire, 129 Muir Street, Hamilton ML3 6BJ. Telephone :- 01698 283981 Opening Details :- Monday to Saturday - 10.00 am to 17.00 pm. Sunday - 12.00 am to 17.00 pm With the exception of Christmas and New Year Public Holidays. Disabled access to all public areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Captain James Stirling, 3rd Bn, The Cameronians, attached to the 1st Bn. Born in Hong Kong on 7 June 1884, the eldest son of Colonel (later BGen) James Wilfred Stirling, CB, CMG, of The Grange, Rockbeare, Devon who in WW1 commanded the 72nd Bde, RFA. and was CRA, 59th Division) and his wife, Cecil Mary, daughter of MGen Dixon Edward Hoste, CB, RA. Educated at Wellington College from 1898 to 1901 and RMC, Sandhurst. 2nd Lt, 2nd Cameroons on 22 Apr 03; promoted Lieut. on 5 Oct 07. He retired in 1911 and joined the 3rd Bn at Hamilton for Special Reserve duty. Appointed Capt in 1912. Rejoined on the beginning of the Great War and went to France on 6 Oct 14 and attached to the 1st Bn. Killed in the trenches near Armentieres on 2 Jan 15. His brother Lieut. Wilfred Dixon Stirling, RN was lost when HMS Monmouth went down during the battle off Coronel on 1 Nov 14. Sources: Wellington College Register: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Regards. Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Photo of Captain James Stirling from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Lets try the photo of Captain James Stirling again! Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 And a photo of his brother also from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Well done, Dick. I think this is the first time a photo has appeared of a man who is being 'remembered.' I hope more photos, like this, turn up for other men and women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 Sorry, RTpots It is the third photo to appear. The others were Australian & NZ casualties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 It is the third photo to appear. I'm terribly sorry - especially to those who have posted pictures for the Australian and New Zealand casualties. It just shows that I need to nurse the few remaining brain cells that I have..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 2 January , 2004 Share Posted 2 January , 2004 There, there, have a nice cup of tea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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