Innes D'Auverne Stewart Stitt (1898 - 1918)

Born 1898 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 28 Mar 1918 at about age 20 in France

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Biography

Innes was born in Country Cork in 1898, eldest son of Rev Samuel Stitt and Mary Marquis.^[1][2]

He served as a Second Lieutenant with the London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th Bn. during World War 1 and was killed in France in 1918, aged 19.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBJ4-N3V : 10 March 2018), BIRTHS entry for James D'Auvergne S Stitt; citing Cork, Apr - Jun 1898, vol. 5, p. 87, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,067.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSX2-NQ3 : 20 May 2019), Innes Dandergue Stewart Stitt in household of Samuel Stewart Stitt, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Farnborough subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16101165/innes-d'auvergne_stewart-stitt), memorial page for Second Lieutenant Innes D'Auvergne Stewart Stitt (unknown–28 Mar 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16101165, citing Arras Memorial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.