Stuart | William James | 246 | Private | Source: OZ-Boer database | Queensland, 4th Imperial Bushmen Contingent |
Stuart | William Lowry | | Orderly | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Imperial Hospital Corps |
Stuart | William Thomas | 40311 | Trooper | No known Company. Served in 24th Btn IY
Source: QSA Medal Rolls | Imperial Yeomanry |
Stuart | William Thomas | 28439 | Trooper | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 92nd Company, 23rd Btn, IY |
Stuart (7th Baronet) | Simeon H L | | Captain | Sir Simeon Stuart was formerly in the 5th Dragoon Guards. He was born in 1864, and married in 1891 the daughter of Mr H Gudge, Secretary to the Austrian Legation. | Imperial Yeomanry |
Stuart Wortley | A N | | Captain | 1st Btn. Wounded at Talana. 20 Oct 1899.
Source: Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 140 line 57 | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Stuart Wortley | Alan Richard Montague | | Captain | QSA (3) QSA known to exist
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Talana from the Talana book | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Stuart Wortley | Alan Richard Montague | | Captain | QSA (3) CC Tal DoL
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Stuart-Jones | E C S | | Nursing Sister | Demise: Died of disease 14 May 1900
Place: Norvals Pont + General Hospitalio
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Army Nursing Service |
Stuart-Little | Alfred | | Lieutenant | No known Company. Served in 30th Btn IY
Source: QSA Medal Rolls | Imperial Yeomanry |
Stuart-Steer | W A | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Belingwe Column |
Stuart-Steer | William A | 74 | Trooper | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Gorringe's Flying Column |
Stuart-Wortley | Alan Richard Montagu | | Captain | STUART-WORTLEY, THE HONOURABLE ALAN RICHARD MONTAGU, Captain, was born 20 January 1868, son of the Honourable F P Stuart-Wortley (second son of the 2nd Baron Wharncliffe) and of the eldest daughter of William Bennet Martin, of Worsborough Hall, Yorkshire. He was a brother of the 2nd Earl of Wharncliffe. He was educated at Wellington College, and was gazetted to the King's Royal Rifle Corps as Second Lieutenant 5 November 1887; became Lieutenant 16 April 1890; was Adjutant, KRRC, 11 March 1895 to 10 March 1899. He became Captain 11 March 1895. He served in the Chitral Campaign in 1895, with the Relief Force, and was present at the storming of the Malakand Pass (Medal with clasp). Captain Stuart-Wortley served in the South African War, 1899-1900, taking part in operations in Natal, 1899, including the action of Talana (severely wounded) and Lombard's Kop. He took part in the Defence of Ladysmith; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and for his services in the Battle of Talana was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "The Honourable Alan Richard Montagu Stuart-Wortley, Captain, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 29 October 1901. He became Major 4 May 1904; passed the Staff College; was General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, Headquarters of Army, 8 August 1904 to 14 October 1907; GSO, 2nd Grade, Headquarters of Army, 15 October 1907 to 7 August 1908; Lieutenant Colonel 15 October 1910, and Colonel 15 June 1914; Assistant Director of Movements 1 April 1914 to 28 January 1915. He served in the European War from 1914; was Director of Movements, War Office, 29 January 1915 to 24 January 1917; was created a CB, 1915, and commanded the 4th Battalion King's Royal Rifles; commanded the 68th Infantry Brigade, British Armies in France, 27 February to 30 March 1917; commanded the 19th Division, British Armies in France, 7 April to 24 May 1917, and the 32nd Division, British Armies in France, 25 May to 19 June 1917. Major General Stuart-Wortley was DQMG Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 18 August 1917 to 3 April 1919; Major General in Charge of Administration, Southern Command, from 1 June 1919. He was created a CB in 1915; was specially promoted Major General 1 January 1917; was created a KCMG in 1918. Sir Alan Stuart-Wortley was an Officer of the Legion of Honour, and has the Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium). He married, in 1900, the Honourable Maud Julia Mary Winn, daughter of the 1st Baron St Oswald, and they had one son and one daughter.
KCB (m), KCMG, DSO, IGS 1895 RofC, QSA (3) CC Tal RofL, BWM, Victory Medal, 1911 Delhi Durbar, 1935 Jubilee, 1937 Coronation, Legion dHonneur (France) 3rd Class, Order of the Crown (Belgium) 3rd Class, Order of the Crown (Italy) 3rd Class. Regimental Museum, Winchester 1996.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Stuart-Wortley | Edward James Montagu | | Major | STUART-WORTLEY, THE HONOURABLE EDWARD JAMES MONTAGU, Major, was born 31 July 1857, second son of the Honourable F D Montagu Stuart-Wortley and the eldest daughter of William Bennet Martin, of Worsborough Hall, Yorkshire. He was educated at Eton; was gazetted to the 60th Foot 13 October 1877, and served in the Afghan War in 1879-80, as Assistant Superintendent of Signalling with the Kurrani Field Force, and was present at the assault of Zawa, and mentioned in Despatches. He became Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 13 March 1880, and in the following year again saw active service in the South African War, Transvaal Campaign, with the Natal Field Force. He was employed with the Egyptian Army 21 December 1882; was Military Secretary to General Valentine Baker in Egypt in 1882; ADC to General Sir Evelyn Wood in Egypt, 1883-84, and was present at, Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with clasp, Bronze Star). He served throughout the Nile Expedition of 1884-85; was present at the Battles of Abu Klea and Gubat, and in the reconnaissance under Sir Charles Wilson to Khartoum (Despatches [London Gazette, 10 March 10 April, and 25 August 1885]; two clasps). He was Military Attache to Sir. H Drummond-VVolff's special mission to Turkey in 1885. In 1885 and 1886 he was DAAG to Sir F Grenfell, with the Sudan Frontier Field Force; was present at the action of Ginniss in 1886, and was given the Brevet of Major (2 March 1886). He was created a CMG in 1886. He was promoted to Captain 1 March 1885; to Major 4 April 1897, and was Second-in-Command of the Gunboat Flotilla in the Nile Expedition of 1897, being present at the occupation of Berber and at the actions of Metemmeh. In the Nile Expedition of 1898 he commanded friendly Arabs at the capture of Omdurman. He received the Medal; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 30 September 1898], and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 15 November 1898]: "Edward James Montagu Stuart-Wortley, CMG, Major, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In recognition of services during the recent operations in the Sudan". The Insignia were presented to him by the Queen, at Windsor 1 December 1898. Major Stuart-Wortley was Brigade Major, Malta, 18 August 1893 to 17 August 1896; was on Special Service, Egypt, 24 July 1897 to 2 December 1897; passed the Staff College. He served in the South African War 9 December 1899 to 13 March 1900, on the Staff; raised and commanded a Volunteer Corps of Stretcher-bearers, and commanded a battalion of Rifle Reservists. From 2 March to 20 June 1900, he was in command of the 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps at the relief of Ladysmith, including actions at Colenso, operations of 17 to 24 January 1900, 5 to 7 February 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; operations on Tugela Heights (14-27 February 1900), and also action at Laing's Nek (6 to 9 June). Operations in Orange River Colony, May to October 1900. He was mentioned in Despatches (Sir R H Buller, 30 March and 9 November 1900) [London Gazette, 8 February 1901]; was given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 29 November 1900, and received the Queen's Medal with six clasps. From 13 July 1901 to 12 July 1904, he was Military Attache at Paris and Berne; was created an MVO in 1903. He was given the Brevet of Colonel 21 March 1904; created a CB in 1906, and became Colonel 23 February 1907; was Brigadier General, commanding the 10th Infantry Brigade, Shorncliffe, 8 April 1908 to 27 April 1912; was promoted to Major General 8 March 1913; commanded the North Midland Division from 1 June 1914 to 5 July 1916, in France, Belgium and Egypt, and the 65th Division, Home Forces, from 23 December 1916 to 18 March 1918. He held the 2nd Class Red Eagle and Star; was an Officer of the Legion of Honour and a Knight of the Medjidie. General Stuart-Wortley married, in 1891, Violet, CBE, daughter of James Alexander Guthrie, of Craigie, and they had one son and two daughters.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Stuart-Wortley | Hon. | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
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