Edward Stanton

Rank: 
Private
Unit at enlistment: 
4th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Paris, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Paris, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Knitter
Employer: 
Penmans Mill
Marital status: 
Married

Letters and documents

BX January 15, 1916
 
Brantford Veterans Returned
 
Four more Brant County veterans, invalided home from the great conflict now raging in Europe, arrived in Toronto yesterday, about 9.30 a.m., along with 13 others from different points in Ontario, and after greetings were extended by the citizens of Toronto, they were taken to the convalescent home, College Street, where after a little ceremony, passes were issued, the men then coming home.  The four Brant County men were Corp. William Blacker, 20 Dundas Street, who was shot through both thighs and was helpless on the battlefield for 48 hours before he was rescued; Pte. A. Cullum, 4th Battalion, Paris; Gunner R. Murray, 3rd Reserve Battery, Paris, and Pte. Edward Stanton, 4th Battalion Paris.
 
Nerves in Arm Shattered

Although married and with three little children, Pte. Edward Stanton, of Paris, Ont. heard the call and answered. A bullet ripped through his arm at Langemarck, April 23rd shattering the nerves. Badly wounded, he made his way to a relief station, where his injury was given temporary treatment. He spent many months in a hospital in England, where he was accorded, he said, fine treatment. In Paris, he was employed before enlisting in a knitting mill.