Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of Milton S. Haselton – (From Stanstead College Yearbook, July 1919) Milton S. Haselton, enlisted in February 1916, in the 117th Battalion, going overseas in August of the same year. He was then drafted to the 24th Battalion for France, in February 1917, and from that time until November he was in active service as a stretcher bearer. He passed through several heavy skirmishes, one being the battle of Hill 70 where so many of our boys fell. In November he was admitted into hospital at Cox, with diphtheria, and remained there until the first of January, when he received pass to England and Scotland. After visiting these places for two weeks he returned to France. He was then sent to an instruction school for a ten days course in drafting, after which he was given a position as a draftsman in the Battalion. As draftsman Pte. Haselton did not go into front line any more. He remained with the rear detachments in a village behind the lines, which ordinarily would have been quite a safe place. Unfortunately the Germans started shelling the village with a long range gun, a few days after the Battalion had gone into the front line, and Pte. Haselton was instantly killed by a shell which burst in front of the hut where he was. It seems strange that when eh had been so often in the line helping others and come through safely, that almost the first time he stayed out of line he should be killed.

Photo of Milton Simon Haselton – From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.

The Stanstead Quebec War Memorial. – The Stanstead Quebec War Memorial. Stanstead is on the Canada/US border (state of Vermont). For World War One, thirty-six men from Stanstead or from nearby communities are remembered on this war memorial.

Detail of Memorial plaque – Detail of Memorial plaque affixed to the Stanstead War Memorial.