Other Events and Attributes:

• Gravestone: Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; Brig. Gen. A. E. Ross M.D. C. M.

Family/Spouse: Mabel PARKER. Mabel and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Ethel STINSON. Anne (daughter of William STINSON and Esther Ann BROWN) was born on 20 Mar 1926 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Oct 2007 in San Mateo, , California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Family/Spouse: Janet Grace KERR. Janet was born on 7 Aug 1927 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Aug 1997 in San Mateo, California, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]