Silas Montague Linkletter was born on 30 June 1893 in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada to Montague Linkletter and Margaret Sarah Stennes. He was an Aviator Cadet prior to enlisting. Silas married Nellie Bernice Jackson in 1917. Silas served in the Royal Air Force as a Second Lieutenant in WW1 and died on 27 August 1919 in Southport, Lancashire, England. He was buried on 29 August 1919 in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Churchtown, Southport.