345 www.on.legion.ca STILES, Stewart William Stewart William Stiles was born in Newmarket, Ontario on March 17, 1897, to David Stiles and Hannah Lloyd. Stewart was part of the 12th York Rangers and enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in the rank of Private with the 220th Battalion, C.E.F., on April 11, 1916. Stewart’s Battalion sailed to Liverpool aboard the SS Olympic on April 29, 1917. Once in England, he was transferred to the 75th Battalion and sailed to France as part of the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Centre, one of 52 new soldiers joining the unit on May 23, 1918. Stewart was with the “Fighting 75th” for the instrumental Battles of Amiens and Scarpe, the launching point for the Hundred Days Offensive, and served at times as a Machine Gun instructor. When it was finally time to push the Germans from the DrocourtQuéant Line, there was a tremendous effort put in by Canadian and British forces. September 2, 1918, saw over 60 men of the 75th Battalion killed in action, with hundreds wounded. Stewart Stiles was among those killed in action that day. He was 21 years of age. Stewart is buried at Dury Mill British Cemetery, Pas-deCalais, France. STILL, George Armstrong George was born on May 2, 1877, in Metcalf, Ontario to Charles and Jeanette Still. His attestation document shows that he lived in Marksville, a small village on St. Joseph Island east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario where his worked as a labourer in a sawmill. He enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) with the 119th Overseas Battalion on January 8, 1916, at the age of 38 years. George sailed for England on August 8, 1916. In England, he was assigned to the 124th Engineers and later the Canadian Light Railway Operation. His health declined while in England and France and he was eventually sent back to England in the fall of 1918. He was sent back to Canada and discharged on February 2, 1919, and returned to St. Joseph Island. George passed away on September 27, 1942, and is buried in Grace Unit Cemetery, Hilton Beach, St. Joseph Island. STONE, Henry “Harry” Henry (Harry) Stone was born in Berkshire, England on March 2, 1863. He served in the Imperial Army in the 1880s in Egypt, earning the Khedive’s Star and the Egypt medal. After immigrating to Canada, he served with the 12th York Rangers. Too old to enlist, Henry claimed that he was 44 and enlisted on April 11, 1916, when the recruitment movement came to enlist the men of the 12th into the new 127th Battalion, C.E.F., by the officers with whom he had already been serving. As part of the 127th, Henry sailed with the battalion to Liverpool aboard the SS Olympic, August 24, 1916. Shortly after arriving at Witley Camp, England, on September 11, he was admitted to Connaught Hospital in Aldershot suffering from a gastric ulcer. On the 19th, he was listed as “Dangerously Ill,” and on November 3, Henry Stone died in the hospital, true age 53. Henry was buried at the nearby Aldershot Military Cemetery among the most decorated soldiers’ graves, following a mile-long funeral procession to honour the old soldier. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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