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Alexander Lumsden “Ali” Stewart

Craftsman · #7615885 · G2 Patrol

Alexander Lumsden “Ali” Stewart
RankCraftsman
Service number#7615885
PatrolG2 Patrol
RegimentR.E.M.E.
Known as“Ali”

What this roll records

The service-number field on this card read “#7615885 L.R.S”. L.R.S is the Light Repair Section, not a corps, and it has been taken out of the number field. IT HAS NOT BEEN MOVED TO HIS PATROL, because his patrol is recorded as G2 and the two do not agree. The roll evidently held both against him at some point; which is right is not settled here, and the L.R.S reading is recorded in this note rather than lost.

March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Att Fitter

Barce Raid, Sept 1942 — named as a doubtful/unconfirmed G1 participant ('Fitter Stewart') (Brendan O'Carroll).

HIS FULL NAME, from the Imperial War Museums Sound Archive. This card gave him as “Alexander Stewart”; IWM catalogue his oral history under “Alexander Lumsden Stewart”, catalogue 13127, and took the name from the man himself. Source: Imperial War Museums, iwm.org.uk, checked 5 September 2026.

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