Amos Edmund Beney

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772543

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

8 Mohawk Road, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

8 Mohawk Road, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX April 20, 1917

Twelve Brantford Men Are Reported Wounded – Canadian Casualty List Included Half Score From This City All of Whom Have Been Wounded – Gunshot in Arms and Legs Cause of Majority of Hospital Cases – First Brant Battalion Draft Hit

Private word received in this city yesterday afternoon and today added 11 new names to the already large casualty list. All were wounded on or about April 9, this being in the attack on Vimy Ridge, which resulted so gloriously for the Canadian forces.

Of all the Brantford men wounded, practically all were shot wounds in the arms or shoulders, legs or thighs. But one of the 11 was reported seriously wounded. The list of casualties follows:

Word was received yesterday by Ms. E. Beney, Mohawk Street, that her son, Pte. Edmond A. Beney, who went overseas with the first Brant battalion, had been admitted to Outrean Hospital with a severe wound in his hip. Previous to enlisting he was working on Mr. George Lundy’s farm at Mount Pleasant.

BX September 6, 1977

BENEY, Edmund A. – At the Brantford General Hospital on Monday, September 5, 1972. Edmund A. Beney in his 81st year; beloved husband of Gladys Haas of 19 High Street, dear father of Mrs. Howard (Kay) Lewis and Bert Beney, both of Brantford and Gordon Beney of London; brother of Mrs. Eva Harrigan and Mrs. Ruby Jaques both of Brantford, Mrs. Hetty Taylor of Detroit and Charles Beney of Brantford, 3 grandchildren. Mr. Beney was a veteran of World War I having served with the 125th Battalion. Friends will be received at the Thorpe Brothers’’ Funeral Home, 96 West Street, from Wednesday at 2 p.m. Service and committal in the chapel on Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery, rev. J. Neil MacLean will officiate. Donations to the Ontario Hear Foundation would be appreciated.