19 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca BEADLE, Joseph “Bernard” WWII Bernard was born in Humbleton, England in 1918 and he joined the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba on January 28, 1942. After his training in Canada, he served various missions in Italy, England, Sicily, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. Lance Corporal Beadle was a driver/mechanic hauling mostly explosives and other supplies. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the France and Germany Star, the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star and the Defence Medal. Bernard passed away in 1999 and had been a member of Swan River Legion Branch 39 for forty-seven years. BELL, Edward Russell WWII Edward was born in Rosewood, Manitoba in 1915. He joined the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders at the age of 25 and served from 1940 to 1945 in Italy, at Dieppe, Normandy and in England as a sniper in the Second Division, Dark Blue Patch. Private Bell returned home after being wounded in action when a bullet tore through his knee. In 1952, he married Helen Kitkowski and they raised four children in Anola, Manitoba. Edward worked in construction, drove for Red Patch Taxi, was janitor for the Transcona School Division and RR#1 Dugald Mail Carrier from 1970 to 1987 when he retired. In 1947, Edward was credited for saving lives when he hooked up his truck and pulled passenger cars away from a burning train wreck. He was a member of Springfield Legion Branch 146 for about fifty years before he passed away in March 2003. BENSON, Ivor “Ben” WWII Ben was born in 1917. He moved to La Rivière, Manitoba in 1932 and married Anne McDonald in 1942. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and went overseas in September 1943, serving as a Lancaster pilot. Flight Lieutenant Benson was reported missing and presumed dead in February 1945 while on a mission over the North Sea. There is a headstone for him in the Air Force Memorial at Runnymede, United Kingdom and there is also a lake in northern Manitoba named in his honour. BELLAMY, Rose WWII Rose was born in 1921. She joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps and served in Canada, England and Germany during WWII. Rose was a member of Fort William Legion Branch 6 for forty years before she died in 2007.
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