Arthur Edward ROSS

1926 - 2007  (81 years)

• Name	Arthur Edward ROSS
  Birth	20 Mar 1926	Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Oct 2007	San Mateo, San Mateo, California, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I12408	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Brigadier General Dr. Arthur Edward ROSS,   b. 9 Jun 1871, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Nov 1952, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Anne Ethel STINSON,   b. 20 Mar 1926, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Oct 2007, San Mateo, , California, USA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Grace KERR,   b. 7 Aug 1927, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Aug 1997, San Mateo, California, U.S.A. (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F6565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2017

  
  

• Documents

  Ross, Arthur Edward obituary Published in San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 28, 2007

  
  

• Notes

  DR. ARTHUR EDWARD ROSS, died on November 15, 1952, aged 82. He was born at Cobden, Ont. in 1870 and graduated from Queen's Medical School in 1897. He was an outstanding football player. Following graduation he practised medicine in King ston and was later attached to the medical faculty of the university, rising from a demonstratorship to a professor ship. When the call came for volunteers for the Boer War he enlisted as a private, serving with the Canadian, Australian and Imperial troops in South Africa. He remained with the militia and was given command of a Field Ambulance in the First Great War. Canad. M. A. J. Feb. 1953, vol. 68 Early in 1917 he received the appointment of director of medical services for the whole corps, and in August 1918, succeeded his chief as D.M.S. This brought with it promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the C.A.M.C. At about this time General Ross was offered a higher post in the medical services in England and would have received a higher rank, but he declined the appointment saying that he preferred to remain with "the boys" on the firing line. During his service he had full charge of the combined British and Canadian Medical Services in the battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Paschendaele, Amiens, and the second battle of Arras. The methods used by him to combat trench feet and mustard gas were adopted by all armies fighting on the Western Front. These saved thousands of lives for continued service. For this long and notable service General Ross became at different times a Companion of the Orders of the Bath and of St. Michael and St. George. The King of the Belgians conferred on him the Croix de Guerre, and he was mentioned six times besides receiving the three war service medals. During the only leave of absence he took during the war General Ross visited Edinburgh and receivecd the honorary degree of LL.D. from Edinburgh University. Queen's University also conferred a similar degree. Dr. Ross, always an ardent conservative, entered active politics in 1908 and was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1911, 1914, and 1919. In 1921 he was elected to the Federal House and served as member till 1935. His widow and 2 sons survive.

  
  

• Sources

  [S905] Social Security Death Index - USA, ((www.ancestry.ca)). Name: Arthur Edward Ross Last Residence: 94401 San Mateo, San Mateo, California, USA BORN: 20 Mar 1926 Died: 24 Oct 2007 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (1971)