Albert Stewart (rugby union)

Albert Stewart

Birth name	Albert Lewis Stewart
Date of birth	(1889-02-19)19 February 1889
Place of birth	Belfast, Ireland, United Kingdom
Date of death	4 October 1917(1917-10-04) (aged 28)
Place of death	Broodseinde, Passchendaele salient, Belgium
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	14 st (89 kg)
University	Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1907–1914 North of Ireland Football Club () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1913–1914 Ireland 3 (3)
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Military career
Buried	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1917
Rank	Major
Unit	Royal Irish Rifles Machine Gun Corps
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of the Somme First day on the Somme Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Broodseinde  †
Awards	Mentioned in Dispatches (1916, 1917) Distinguished Service Order (1918)

Albert Lewis Stewart, DSO (19 February 1889 – 4 October 1917) was an Irish rugby union player and decorated British Army officer. He played for North of Ireland Football Club from 1907 to 1914, and made three appearances for the Ireland national rugby union team. During World War I, he served in the Royal Irish Rifles and the Machine Gun Corps. He was killed in action in the Battle of Broodseinde during the Battle of Passchendaele.