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| Place of Birth | Contin , Ross & Cromarty |
| Residence at Enlistment | |
| Residence (Roll of Honour) | Fairburn , Muir of Ord , Rossshire |
| Residence 1911 Census | 17 Ennismore Gardens , Hanover Sq., London |
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| Religion/Church Attended | C of E |
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| Family (Parents and Grandparents) | William and Charlotte Eve Stirling |
| Siblings | Marion Louisa,Charlotte,Robert M , James E,Duncan A |
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| Regiment at Enlistment | Seaforth Highlanders |
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| Service Facts | William joined his regiment at Aldershot and by November 1914, he was in France, serving near Hazebrook, but in December he developed appendicitis and was sent home. In December 1915, William joined an Entrenching Battalion in France. He was reported missing, presumed killed between 14 and 16 October 1916, age 20, at Les Boeufs, France (The Somme), and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. |
| Battalion Diary or Nautical Facts |
| Age at Death | 20 |
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| Date of Death | 14th Oct 1916 |
| Regiment at Death | Seaforth Highlanders |
| Battalion/Vessel at Death | 2nd |
| Rank at Death | Acting Captain |
| Circumstances of Death | Killed in Action |
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| Field of Action at Death | Somme |
| Place of Death | Transloy Ridge |
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| Grave/Memorial Image | No image. |
| Location of Grave/Memorial | Thiepval Memorial |
| Grave Position | Pier and Face 15 C. |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1554684/stirling,-william-aeneas/ |
| Grave/Memorial Country | France |
| Private Memorial |
| Notes | William was the was the second son of William Stirling, and Charlotte Eva Stirling . William Stirling 12 February 1859 – 10 November 1914 married 7 August 1889 Charlotte Eva 9 January 1862 – 3 December 1935 Second daughter of Aeneas Mackintosh of Daviot and Louisa Fanny Sybella Macleod . Williams father was John Stirling who after training in a Scottish bank travelled to Cumbria to work with his brother-in-law, Thomas Ainsworth, in the Flax Industry in Cleator . In 1841 a local group of iron ore owners, including JS and Thomas Ainsworth, joined forces and built the Cleator Moor Iron Ore Works which, had closed by 1925. In 1858 JS starting borings on Todholes, near Cleator, and had almost given up prospecting when haematite was discovered. In 1862 he started boring in the Montreal royalty and discovered more haematite and opened the Montreal Mine, which also produced coal. On 14 September 1852 he and his wife, Marian, went to live at Park House, Whitehaven; Marian had six children while living at Whitehaven: |
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| Link #1 | http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_William_Aeneas_Stirling_Letters.pdf |