12440 Rfm Samuel Stewart, 15th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles

12440 Rifleman Samuel Stewart of the 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, was killed in action on the 10th January 1917.

According to Soldiers Died in The Great War, Samuel was born in Ballymena, County Antrim and enlisted at Belfast. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds that he was the son of Matthew and Catherine Stewart, of Ballymena, County Antrim, and the husband of Annie Stewart of 3 Lower Urney Street, Belfast.

Samuel's medal index card notes his number as 15/12440 which in turn dates his enlistment with the Royal Irish Rifles to September 1914. He arrived in France on 5th October 1915. He is buried in St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery in Belgium.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War