| Regiment/Service: |
4th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (British Army) |
| Date Of Birth: |
01/06/1891
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| Died: |
16/08/1917 (Killed in Action) |
| Age: |
26 |
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Joseph Stewart was the eldest son of Robert and Essie Margaret Stewart. They were married about 1890. Joseph was born on 1st June 1891 in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone. The family lived in Gortin, Tullyniskane, Tyrone. Robert Stewart was a miller. The 1910 Ulster Towns Directory records “Stewart, Robert, & Son, corn and wheat millers, Gortin Mills, Coalisland”. Lance Corporal Joseph Stewart (29444), served with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Lieut. Joseph Stewart was serving with the 4th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was killed in action near Ypres on the 16th August 1917. He was aged 26.
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The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks. The names of those from New Zealand units are inscribed on panels within the New Zealand Memorial Apse located at the centre of the Memorial.
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