Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Edwin STOTT
Sapper 20066 Edwin STOTT
1st Canadian Divisional Engineers, 2nd Field Company
Killed in Action, Wednesday 15th August 1917, France, age 26
| Home address: | Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1890, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Mary Stott (later Parsons) and James Stott 139 Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman, Canadian Pacific Railroad, Lake Louise, Canada |
| Enlisted: | Valcartier, Quebec, Canada |
| Remembered: | Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Gee Cross, Cheshire, named on a family gravestone. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
In 1907 he was awarded the Royal Humain Society Certificate for saving a life.
In the 1921 Hyde War Memorial Unveiling Ceremony booklet, Edwin Stott is recorded as being part of the Canadian Cycle Corps.