Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: When Private Herbert Pheasant was born in 1889, in Long Marston, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Pheasant, was 38 and his mother, Ann Bates, was 33. He married Florence Maud Saunders on 4 December 1919, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as shipping clerk. He died on 14 September 1974, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 85, and was buried in Victoria Memorial Gardens, Oldcastle, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Listed incorrectly in April 195 Nominal Roll with a reg. no. of 53050.
“PHEASANT Herbert, 85 years, September 14, 1974 at Windsor Western Hospital, I.O.D.E. Unit. Late of 3871 Hlllcrest Boulevard. Dear father of Mrs. Bernice Tracy, Mrs. Dorothy Martiana, both of Windsor. Also loved by four grandchildren. Funeral service in the Chapel of the Walter D Kelly Funeral Home, 1969 Wyandotte street East, Tuesday, September 17 at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Donald W. Clark officiating. Interment Victoria Memorial cemetery.”
Windsor Star. September 16, 1974. Via Bobby Hamilton 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 