BORN HULL 26/09/1882. ELDEST SON OF EMILY FEATHERSTONE & THOMAS 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. ENLISTED VANCOUVER 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.
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. COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
DETAILS FROM THE CANADIAN VIRTUAL MEMORIAL.
