Thomas Langlands Stewart
Photo: Brian Chandler
Tyneside Scottish Badge
In Bedlington (Netherton Lane) Cemetery is a headstone which reads:
In loving memory of
Elizabeth Cecley
beloved daughter of
Joseph and Mary Stewart
of Bedlington
who died August 5th 1914
aged 10 years & 10 months.
Also their son
Langlands Stewart
I Tyneside Scottish
killed in action in France
July 1 1916 aged 21 years,
Also the above
Mary Stewart
who died Dec. 3rd 1949
aged 78 years.
Also the above
Joseph Stewart
who died May 14th 1952
aged 82 years.
Carole Fife has provided the following:
Although named on the family headstone in Netherton Lane Cemetery just as Langlands Stewart, his full name would appear to be Thomas Langlands Stewart, born in 1895. I cannot find a census entry for him, but the other information on the headstone plus that in the Enlistment Book match his CWGC entry. He attended the Whitley Memorial School, and as he is named on the Bedlington Coal company's Roll of Honour we know that he was a miner.
Derek Johnstone has provided the following information:
Thomas Langlands Stewart was born at Bedlington, Northumberland in 1895 to parents Joseph and Mary Stewart. The initial record checked showed his surname name spelt Steward but subsequent research confirms the family name as Stewart. In the 1901 Census his family were living at White House Yard, Bedlington and Thomas was 5 years old at this time. By 1911 he was one of 8 children living at 20, New South Row, Bedlington where he was a pony driver in the coal mine at the age of 15. Thomas was 20 years old when he was killed in action having enlisted when living at the family house and was unmarried.
Morpeth Herald 20/04/1917 carries a brief obituary:
ROLL OF HONOUR
STEWART.- Missing since July 1st, 1916, now presumed dead, Lance-Corporal Langley [sic] Stewart, No. 921, aged 21 years, dearly beloved son of Joseph and Mary Stewart, 20 New South Row, Bedlington.- Deeply mourned and sadly missed by his father and mother, brothers and sisters.
Thomas Langlands Stewart is remembered in Bedlington on B15.02, B15.06, B15.20 and in B15.26 page 86
