Richard Norman Stewart
Our soldier is Stewart, Richard Norman, and lived on 251, Clemow ave. He was born on April 1st 1920. Went to Glebe high school and at age 22 he was sent overseas to the war. Unfortunately he passed at age 24 but he will always be in the hearts of Canadians, who he died for. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario and Canada and was affiliated with the united church. After Glebe high school he did attend Queen’s University Canadian army unit where he completed 4 years. His dad was his next kin, Alferd Donaldson Stewart. He was 6 and a half feet tall with fair brown hair and blue eyes and weighed 185 pounds. When he enlisted at 22 years old. He won the first position on javelin through and he participated on the gym team.
His occupation before the war was the Canadian reserve unit of the army, so he was already in the army before the war started. The reserve was Queen’s Univ. cont.. C.O.T.C 8 Oct. 1940. He enlisted because he was already part of the military so he had to go. He was part of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 5th division. He was then promoted to a sergeant and he wasn’t transferred to any other divisions. He ended up dying as a Lieutenant on February 25th 1945, he was buried in Netherlands canadian war cemetery.
Stewart Richard Norman was killed in action on the 25th Feb.1945 in the Netherlands and his remains are buried at Thomasof military cemetery, Netherland 4 miles from Nijmegen.SH. 7 MR. 900421 in a isolated grave, number 13, row E, plot 25 he died while serving with the unit canloan.
Works Cited
Richard Norman Stewart- The Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada, https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2232775?Richard%20Norman%20Stewart Accessed 1 November 2023.
“Second World War Service Files – War Dead, 1939 to 1947.” Collection Search, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=kia&id=42782&lang=eng . Accessed 26 October 2023
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Glebe Collegiate Institute
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
