Stewart-Rattray Gerald Alec Captain 66757 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Stewart-Rattray Gerald Alec
|Army number=66757
|Rank=Captain
|Age=26
|Unit=Royal Army Service Corps, KILLED in Motorcycle Road Accident on Camarthen-Lampeter Road 18/5/1943.
|Company/Battery=70 Bde HQ
|Task or role=Bde RASC Officer
|Died/Killed in action=18-May-43
|Home address=Killed in motorcycle accident. Son of James Alec and Violet May Stewart-Rattray: husband of Ada Ernestine Stewart-Rattray of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. Funeral held 22/5/1943. Buried Grave 4, Section K. Carmarthen Cemetery.
|Source table=70BG
}}

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	[[File:Officers_252_Coy_1943.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Captain Stewart-Rattray is at second front left of the group]]		[[File:Officers_252_Coy_1943.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Captain Stewart-Rattray is at second front left of the group]]
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		+	[[File:70th_Brigade_HQ_Officers_-_Camarthen_1943.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Captain Stewart-Rattray is at centre rear of the group in his role as BRASCO]]

	The help of James Stewart-Rattray and of the the Find a Grave Memorial Website is acknowledged for some elements of the information above.		The help of James Stewart-Rattray and of the the Find a Grave Memorial Website is acknowledged for some elements of the information above.

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 [[File:252_Coy_Officers.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Captain Stewart-Rattray is at front left of the group]]
+[[File:Officers_252_Coy_1943.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Captain Stewart-Rattray is at second front left of the group]]
 The help of James Stewart-Rattray and of the the Find a Grave Memorial Website is acknowledged for some elements of the information above.

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	The photographs below show the Officers of 36 Motor Coach Company in 1943, followed by the photo of 70th Brigade HQ staff at Cmarthen in 1943, with Captain Stewart-Rattray in the centre of the rear rank.		The photographs below show the Officers of 36 Motor Coach Company in 1943, followed by the photo of 70th Brigade HQ staff at Cmarthen in 1943, with Captain Stewart-Rattray in the centre of the rear rank.

		+	[[File:252_Coy_Officers.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Captain Stewart-Rattray is at front left of the group]]



	The help of James Stewart-Rattray and of the the Find a Grave Memorial Website is acknowledged for some elements of the information above.		The help of James Stewart-Rattray and of the the Find a Grave Memorial Website is acknowledged for some elements of the information above.

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 |Age=26
 |Date of birth=21/11/1916 at Plymouth, Devon.
-|Unit=Commissioned in the Royal Army Service Corps.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ - date not yet confirmed.  KILLED in Motorcycle Road Accident on the Camarthen-Lampeter Road 18/5/1943.
+|Unit=Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Army - Royal Army Service Corps - 21/1/1936.  Posted to 43rd (Wessesx) Divisional RASC.  Posted to 36 Motor Coach (252 Company) RASC.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ in 1943 - exact date not yet confirmed.  KILLED in Motorcycle Road Accident on the Camarthen-Lampeter Road 18/5/1943.
 |Company/Battery=70th Brigade HQ.
 |Task or role=Brigade RASC Officer (BRASCO).
 |Died/Killed in action=18-May-43.  Killed in motorcycle accident.
-|Home address=Son of James Alec (1889 - 1917) and Violet May Stewart-Rattray.  Husband of Ada Ernestine Stewart-Rattray (nee Willis) of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex.  Funeral held 22/5/1943.  Buried Grave 4, Section K. Carmarthen Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of James Alec (1889 - 1917) and Violet May Stewart-Rattray.  Husband of Ada Ernestine Stewart-Rattray (nee Willis) of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex.  Funeral held 22/5/1943.  Buried Grave 4, Section K. Carmarthen Cemetery.  Headstone inscription - "SALUTE NOT THIS RESTING PLACE WITH SILENT TEAR OUR BIRTH TO HEAVEN WAS EVER THUS DEVOID OF FEAR".
 |Source table=70BG
 }}
 The help of the Find a Grave Memorial Website is acknowledged for some elements of the information above.

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 |Age=26
 |Date of birth=21/11/1916 at Plymouth, Devon.
-|Unit=Royal Army Service Corps, KILLED in Motorcycle Road Accident on the Camarthen-Lampeter Road 18/5/1943.
+|Unit=Commissioned in the Royal Army Service Corps.  Posted to 70th Brigade HQ - date not yet confirmed.  KILLED in Motorcycle Road Accident on the Camarthen-Lampeter Road 18/5/1943.
-|Company/Battery=70 Bde HQ
+|Company/Battery=70th Brigade HQ.
-|Task or role=Bde RASC Officer (BRASCO)
+|Task or role=Brigade RASC Officer (BRASCO).
 |Died/Killed in action=18-May-43.  Killed in motorcycle accident.
 |Home address=Son of James Alec (1889 - 1917) and Violet May Stewart-Rattray.  Husband of Ada Ernestine Stewart-Rattray (nee Willis) of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex.  Funeral held 22/5/1943.  Buried Grave 4, Section K. Carmarthen Cemetery.