Edward Christie

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
164058
Unit at enlistment: 
84th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Commemorated at: 
First Baptist Church, Victoria Public School Honour Roll
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Norfolk
Birth city: 
Waterford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
100 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
100 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Carriage painter
Religious denominations: 
Baptist
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
29

Letters and documents

BX August 9, 1916

Brantford Casualties

This morning’s casualty list contains the name of two more Brantford men who have been wounded on the field of battle, Pte. Edward Christie and Pte. John Kennedy. Toronto papers give Christie’s address as 100 Dalhousie Street. The Expositor lists give Ed Christie as residing at 3 Gilkinson Street, and it is quite probable this is the same man. He is a married man 19 years of age, and was a member of the 25th Brant Dragoons. He left on July 7, 1915.

John Kennedy is given as being a single man who resided at 88 West Mill Street. Previous to enlistment he spent three months with the 38th Dufferin Rifles.

BX August 10, 1916

Pte. Christie Wounded

Private Edward Christie, whose name appeared in yesterday’s casualty list as being among the wounded, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Christie, 100 Dalhousie Street. His wife resides at 12 Pearl Street.

BX August 29, 1917

The casualty lists include the following as wounded and gassed. Pte. Edward Christie of Brantford and Corporal Elmer James Clinch of Ohsweken wounded, Privates William Hickson, 63 Park Avenue, Brantford; Louis Ernest Edwards, 157 Sheridan Street, Brantford; Harry Ewing Duke and Thomas Warren Ireland, Brantford, Privates, Simon Wilson and Arthur Ebenezer Noah of Ohsweken. 

BX February 8, 1918

Mrs. E.J. Christie, 13 Pearl Street, received official news yesterday that her husband, Private Edward Christie has been wounded in the foot by a gunshot. This is the third time that he has been wounded, and has been twice gassed. He enlisted with the 84th Battalion, and was sent in a draft from that battalion and sent to the “Mad Fourth.”  He is a painter by occupation.