Source: British Home Children Who Died in the First World War
Family Search: Private Ernest Craneswick Hastings was born on 8 April 1896, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom as the son of Frederick Hastings and Anna Beaster. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1908. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as farming. He died on 15 September 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Pozieres British Cemetery, Pozières, Somme, France.
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History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 