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Sapper Ernest Stigant was born in England on January 17, 1876, and had served with the London Rifle Brigade prior to coming to Canada in 1901.

Stigant, a motor driver, enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on April 4, 1916 with the 2nd Field Troops, Canadian Engineers.  He sailed to England in June of 1916 aboard the SS Missanabie, and served in France with the No. 6 Field Company, Canadian Engineers.  Stigant was wounded  May 13, 1917 at Neuville-Saint-Vaast near Arras and was hospitalized, first in France and then in England.  He did not recover from his wounds and died on January 3, 1918 at the No. 16 Canadian General (Ontario) Hospital in Orpington, England.

External links:
Sapper Ernest Stigant’s service record (Serv/Reg# 505026) can be viewed/downloaded in pdf format through Library and Archives Canada.
Burial information is available at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A memorial page honouring Stigant can be visited online at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.