Stanley Lavern Cruikshank

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

109288

Unit at enlistment:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Prisoner of war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Parkview Memorial Cemetery - Livonia, Michigan, U.S.A.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

265 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario

Next of kin address:

265 Markham Street, Toronto, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Grocer

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Prisoner of war

Toronto Star - June 30, 1916

List of Missing from Toronto Tremendous

Private Stanley Cruikshank, who lived with his aunt, Mrs. S. Wiles, 42 Ascot Avenue, is wounded and a prisoner. According to the official telegram received today by Mrs. Wiles, he was wounded twice in the back and once in the chest before being captured. Pte. Cruikshank, who is a native of Brantford, had just left Ryerson High School when he enlisted with a mounted battalion, which has been serving at the front as infantry. He is only nineteen, and was a popular member of West Presbyterian Church, where he was connected with Epworth League and Sunday school work.

BX July 3, 1916

A Hun Prisoner

Private Stanley Lavern Cruikshank who was wounded three times before being taken prisoner by the Germans.