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256775 Cpl. Arthur Stanton Baird Canadian Expeditionary Force from:High River, Alberta, Canada Arthur Baird, known as Stan was in the Canadian Army engineers. He drove an ammunition wagon in France in 1914. He was shelled and gassed in either 1915 during the fighting for the 2nd Battle of Ypres or in 1917 also around Ypres in what is referred to in Canada as Passchendaele. He was within sight of The Cotton Hall during the fighting. He was taken via hospital ship to The Sunnyside Hospital in England, near Manchester, where he stayed until 1918 or 1919. One of the volunteer nurses who attended him was Beatrice Bentley Rowe. They fell in love and in 1919 or 1920 Stan, who had shipped back to Canada, sent Beatrice the ship fare for her to travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where they were married and adopted my dad Thomas Stanton Baird. I have photos and much more information should anyone be interested or related. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**