BORN HULL, 26/09/1882. ELDEST SON OF EMILY FEATHERSTONE & THOMAS WILSON EDMOND, OF 105, CONSTABLE STREET, HULL AND 10, FREDERICKS TERRACE, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (CANADIAN WAR RECORDS). SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35.5 INCH CHEST, 134 LBS WEIGHT, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, WHERE HE WORKED AS A PAINTER.
HE ENLISTED IN VANCOUVER, ON 01/02/1916. ARRIVED IN ENGLAND, ON 24/08/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/12/1916. SERVED IN “B” COMPANY, 121ST CANADIAN EXPEDITION FORCE (ONTARION). REPORTED WOUNDED, MISSING AND PRESUMED KILLED AT VIMY RIDGE, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 34. COMMEMORATED ON THE VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS WIFE, MARY ELIZABETH HAY (NEE EDMOND) LIVED BRAINARD, ALBERTA, CANADA.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, GEORGE FEATHERSTONE EDMOND, RFA, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/09/1918, AGED 35 AND IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
DETAILS FROM THE CANADIAN VIRTUAL MEMORIAL.
