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.