Bertrand Stewart
English solicitor and spy (1872–1914) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bertrand Stewart (December 1872 – 12 September 1914) worked as a solicitor in London and was also a military officer in the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry, he fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War. In between the two wars he volunteered to spy on German naval actions. He was famously arrested in Germany on 2 August 1911 and sentenced to four years in prison. Stewart and another British spy, Captain Trench, were pardoned and released by the German Kaiser as a present to Ernest Augustus the Duke of Brunswick when Augustus married the Kaiser's daughter, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.[1] He died fighting off a German attack near the River Vesle during the Battle of the Marne.[2]
Bertrand Stewart | |
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Born | December 1872 38 Eaton Place London, England |
Died | 12 September 1914(1914-09-12) (aged 41) Near the River Vesle Battle of the Marne |
Buried | Braisne Communal Cemetery A3 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Rank | Captain |
Commands held | Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Queen's South Africa Medal |
Spouse(s) | Amy Daphne, daughter of Lt.-Colonel George Kendall Priaulx |
Other work | Spy, solicitor |