Background
His father, also called Patrick Stirling, was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway and designer of the 4-2-2 steam locomotive Stirling single that set speed records during the race to the north.
His father, also called Patrick Stirling, was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway and designer of the 4-2-2 steam locomotive Stirling single that set speed records during the race to the north.
Stirling was born in Kilmarnock in 1862 to parents Patrick and Margaret, and had two elder brothers, Robert and Matthew. At the age of 18, he was employed as an engine fitter at Great Northern Railway’s Doncaster Works and by 1885−86 he was playing for Doncaster Rovers in their early days as a football club Stirling gave a lifetime of public service to the town, becoming became Mayor of Doncaster in 1914.
