Edward Leonard Stanyard

1886 - 1914  (28 years)

• Name	Edward Leonard Stanyard
  Birth	1886	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Aston, Warwickshire, England   [2]
  	Address: 74 Stanhope Street
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Aston, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 79 Charles Henry Street
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [3]
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  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Gibraltar   [4]
  	Address: South Barracks
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [4]
  	Sergeant - Infantry (1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment)
  Death	7 Nov 1914	France and Flanders   [5, 6]
  	Name: Edward Leonard STANYARD Rank: SERGEANT Initials: E Birth place: Birmingham Enlisted: Birmingham Regiment, Corps etc.: South Staffordshire Regiment Battalion etc.: 1st Battalion. Number: 6997 Date died: 7 November 1914 How died: Killed in action Theatre of war: France and Flanders
  Probate	2 Dec 1915	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [6]
  	STANYARD Edward Leonard of 128 Hope-street Birmingham sergeant 1st battalion South Staffordshire regiment died 7 November 1914 in action Administration Birmingham 2 December to Charles Alfred Stanyard store keeper. Effects £125 11s. 1d.
  Commemorated	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [7]
  	Name: Edward Leonard Stanyard Date of death: 7 Nov 1914 Rank: Serjeant Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment Unit: 1st Bn. Country of service: United Kingdom Service number: 6997 Burial/commemoration: Belgium Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Reference: Panel 35 and 37
  Burial	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [7]
  	Name: Edward Leonard Stanyard Date of death: 7 Nov 1914 Rank: Serjeant Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment Unit: 1st Bn. Country of service: United Kingdom Service number: 6997 Burial/commemoration: Belgium Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Reference: Panel 35 and 37
  Notes	1911 census - listed as Edwin Stanyard, but correct age, birth place and the same regiment to which he belonged in 1914 when he died
  Person ID	I2117	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Edward Stanyard,   b. 1853, Aston, Warwickshire, England d. 1893, Aston, Warwickshire, England (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Anne Elizabeth Yates,   b. 1856, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 1910, Aston, Warwickshire, England (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1883	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
  Family ID	F556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1886 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Residence - Address: 74 Stanhope Street - 5 Apr 1891 - Aston, Warwickshire, England Residence - Address: 79 Charles Henry Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Aston, Warwickshire, England Residence - Address: South Barracks - 2 Apr 1911 - Gibraltar Death - 7 Nov 1914 - France and Flanders Probate - 2 Dec 1915 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Commemorated - - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium Burial - - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  STANYARD, Edward: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Edward STANYARD. He was a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. He disembarked in Europe on 4 Oct 1914, and was Killed in Action 7 Nov 1914. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914 Star (with Clasp). UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Stanyard, Edward Leonard; Mother's Maiden Surname: Yates; GRO Reference: 1886 S Quarter in ASTON Volume 06D Page 249 (accessed 18 Sep 2017). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Stanyard, Edward; Birth year: 1886; Birth county: Warwickshire; Reg dist: Aston; Parish: Aston; Town: Bordesley; City: Birmingham; County: Warwickshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2404; Folio: 23; Page: 39 (accessed 10 Jun 2018). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Stanyard, Edward L; Birth year: 1887; Birth town: Birmingham; Birth county: Warwickshire; Reg dist: Aston; Parish: Aston; County: Warwickshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2854; Folio: 31; Page: 9 (accessed 28 Apr 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Stanyard, Edwin; Birth year: 1886; Birth place: Birmingham Warwick; County: Overseas Military; Ref: RG14PN34996 RD641 SD21 ED5 SN9999 (accessed 16 Apr 2018). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Stanyard, Edward Leonard; 1914; Service number: 6997; Rank: Sergeant; Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment (accessed 20 Sep 2018). [S221] Find a Will (Gov.uk), Stanyard, Edward Leonard; 1915 (accessed 2 Mar 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Stanyard, Edward Leonard; Service number: 6997; Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment; Served with: United Kingdom; First World War (accessed 24 Sep 2020).