Capt. Robert Ian Orde Stewart

1915 - 1945  (30 years)

• Name	Robert Ian Orde Stewart
  Title	Capt.
  Born	10 Feb 1915	Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Goderich, Ontario   [2]
  Died	2 Jun 1945	Eton, Buckinghamshire, England   [3]
  	Military Hospital
  _MILT	9 Mar 1946  [4]
  Buried	Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey, England
  Person ID	I18109	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John Leslie Stewart, Sr,   b. 19 Jun 1884, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA ,   d. Aft 1944, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age > 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Frances Nicholson,   b. Abt 1884, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1973  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	30 Apr 1910	Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F4512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Doris Eagles,   b. Abt 1920,   d. Aft 1945  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Children	1. Living Stewart  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert was a captain in the first battalion of the Toronto-based Queen's Own Rifles. He died from wounds suffered in combat in WWII, believed to have been in Holland. His family resided in Meaford, Grey County, Ontario at the time. "Captain Robert Orde Stewart was married to Doris Eagles on June 28, 1941. He was district manager for Shell Oil in Goderich when he enlisted in the spring of 1942 with the Queen's Own Rifles, third Battalion. He was wounded on March 28, 1945 in the Hochwald Forest, Germany and passed away in an English hospital on June 2, 1945. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surry, England. His name is also included on Honour Roll, Meaford Cenotaph, Meaford, Ontario. Cpt. Robert I.O. Stewart, 30, Q.O.R. died Saturday in hospital in England of wounds suffered in active service March 28, in Holland, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Stewart. Major J.I. Stewart, a brother, serving with the 1st Canadian Army headquarters, London, was with Capt. Stewart at the end. Robert enlisted in 1942 and went into France on D-Day. Toronto born, he attended University of Toronto schools and graduated from Trinity college. For several years he was associated with the Shell Oil Co. of Canada Ltd. Besides his wife, a daughter, Mary Sandra and a sister Mrs. George Beattie, Toronto survive." (obituary)

  
  

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