His headstone in the Varennes Cemetery, near the village of Albert, France, notes that he was the son of Ernest J. and Helen M. Beaumont, of Kitchener, Ontario and that he was a native of Galt, Ontario.
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Beaumont, George J.
Lieutenant.
Served with E. Lancashire Regiment, B.E.F Died of wounds in France January 24, 1917.
His father lives in Kitchener.
At the time of his death he was Bombing Instructor at 31 Divisional School of Instruction.
He went overseas with the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto and to Egypt with the 11th Battery. He also served at the Somme.
He was buried with military honors in the British Cemetery at Varennes.
Private James Harrison Craik was born on January 4th, 1881 in South Shields, England. He was the son of James and Mary Craik. Prior to the war, he worked as a labourer.
James Craik served with the Manitoba regiment in Division 'A' of the 8th Battalion. During a leave in 1915 or early 1916, he married Margaret Armstrong of Manchester, England. They were married less than one year when James died after being wounded near Albert, France.
He died on September 26th, 1916 at the age of 35 and is buried in the Courcelette British Cemetery in France, grave memorial reference XII.B.3.
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Craik, James
Private.
His widow boards at the Y.W.C.A. Kitchener.
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Lipps, Charles Gordon
Private.
Enlisted in the spring of 1918 with an Alberta Regiment. Number 3213684.
Evangelical Association.
Born at Wellesley, Ontario educated at Wellesley and at Stratford.
Unmarried.
He is now at Beaver Hut Camp, London, England and is doing office work for the army.
His mother, Mrs. Williams, lives at Wellesley.
Lieutenant Joseph Emmett Stauffer was the son of the late Benjamin and Mary Stauffer (nee Betzner). He was born on October 29, 1874. He was the husband of Emma Stauffer, of 621, 5th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta.
Stauffer was elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1909 for the Didsbury district.
He was re-elected to a second term in office in the 1913 Alberta legislature, winning with a comfortable majority.
Stauffer enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in March 1916 in Calgary, Alberta. He served overseas with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 50th Battalion. He kept his seat in the provincial legislature while he was overseas fighting in the war. On April 10, 1917 he was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
According to his attestation paper, he was born in Nokesville, Virginia, USA and had been residing in Didsbury, Alberta.
The information on the Commonwealth Graves Commission website names his parents as the late Benjamin and Mary (nee Betyner) Stauffer. His wife's place of residence was noted as Calgary, Alberta.
The soldier card erroneously identifies him as Joseph Erb Stauffer.
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Stauffer, Joseph Erb
Lieutenant.
A native of Waterloo Country and educated in the Kitchener Collegiate Institute.
He married Miss Ernst of Kitchener and went west.
He became a Member of Provincial Parliament for Alberta.
Enlisted as a Private.
