Cecil Garnett Stiff
Memorial: Frampton Cotterell - St. Peter’s Church
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Rank and number: Private 460174
Parents: William Edmund and Cecilla Rebecca Stiff
Marital status: Single
Pre-war occupation: Black Smith
Date of birth: 27/03/1885
Place of birth: Frampton Cotterell
Date of death: 06/05/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: St. Peter's Churchyard, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Age: 32
Further information:
Cecil Garnet Stiff was born in 1885 in Frampton Cotterell to parents, William Edmund and Cecilia Rebecca Stiff. He was brother to Horace Roy, Ruby, Charles and Victor. Cecil’s father worked as a carpenter at the colliery and his mother had died by 1901
Cecil went to Canada in 1908 aboard the SS Kensington. He worked as a boiler maker and before that he worked as a blacksmith. He was 5 foot 10 inches and he had blue eyes, dark hair and a dark complexion. He was a Baptist
Cecil served with the 44th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, (New Brunswick Regiment) as a private. Cecil died of wounds received at Vimy Ridge on the 6th May 1917 at the age of 32. Cecil is buried in Frampton Cotterell (St. Peter's churchyard to the north-east of the church. Cecil is remembered on both the Frampton Cotterell War Memorials
Cecil's brother Horace Roy also died during the war
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Glosgen.co.uk