175 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca POWELL, Norman Lyle WWII Lyle was born in 1929 in Souris, Manitoba. He joined the 12th Manitoba Dragoons (Reserve) in Souris in 1944 and served with this Regiment until 1958, when it was disbanded. In 1949-50, he spent 6 months with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps at Camp Borden and a further 6 weeks from April 1950 with the Canadian Army in Manitoba. In June 1951, he was again called out for one month duty with the Active Force at Wainwright, Alberta. He was awarded the Fifth Service Chevron with Maple Leaf in 1956. Lyle was a member of Souris Legion Branch 60 for fifty-nine years. PROSSER, Ross B. WWI Ross was born in Stayner, Ontario in 1890. He joined the Canadian Army and served as a Private with the 12th Canadian Field Ambulance in France during World War I. After the war, he moved to Gladstone, Manitoba and established Prosser’s Garage, which he looked after into his 80s. Ross was a member of Gladstone Legion Branch 110 before he died in 1975. He is buried in Gladstone. PULVER, James Earl WWII James was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Pulver in Hamiota, Manitoba in 1925. He joined the Army and served as a Rifleman with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. James was killed in action in Normandy on July 4, 1944 at the age of nineteen. That day, 335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds. James is buried at Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Reviers, Calvados, France. PRYZNER, Joseph “Joe” WWII Joe, son to John and Helen Pryzner (sometimes misspelled as Prayzner), was well known in Shoal Lake, Manitoba as he was active in hockey and was one of the few RWR who could claim having won archery titles. He often spoke about his wife, Ann, of Winnipeg, and their son. Having earned his Corporal stripes soon after joining the Regiment during World War II, Joe was considered a mildmannered soldier, but a ‘take over’ guy when the going got rough. He was killed on October 9, 1944 in the Battle for the Leopold Canal in Belgium. Joe is buried in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery and Prayzner Lake, just south of Manigotagan Lake in Manitoba, was named after him in commemoration.
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