William Edmond Scarnol Roberts

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

270408

Unit at enlistment:

215th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Norfolk

Birth city:

Kings Lynn

Address at enlistment:

171 Terrace Hill Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

171 Terrace Hill Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Cabinet maker

Employer:

Ham and Nott Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX October 9, 1918

Mrs. William Roberts, 72 Dundas Street, was another to receive the fatal yellow envelope this morning. The message stated that her husband, Private William Edmond Scarnol Roberts had received a gunshot wound in the left foot on September 29, and that he was in a French hospital at Boulogne. Pte. Roberts went overseas with the 215th Battalion, and went to France early in April with the 50th. Many in Brantford knew him well. He was employed in the Ham and Nott factory before he gave himself to the cause.