249 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca WHITEHORN, William G. “Bill” PEACETIME Bill was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1943. He enlisted at Chatham, England on May 2, 1963 with the Home Counties Brigade. He had a varied career in the Army, serving in the Infantry Battalion and the Army Air Corps during Peacetime. He was also an experienced motor mechanic. During his years, he was posted to the Caribbean, Hong Kong, Borneo, Northern Ireland, Canada, Ethiopia, and Cyprus. Bill achieved the rank of Sergeant and was awarded the General Service Medal 1962 with Borneo Clasp. He was medically discharged from the Queen’s Division on September 25, 1974. He returned to Canada in 1976, moving to Oak Lake in 1985 where he remained until his death in March 2012. WIDDICOMBE, Clifford Jack WWII Jack was born in 1921 in Birtle, Manitoba. He received a COTC 2nd Lieutenant Commission at the University of Manitoba then enlisted in the RCAF and trained in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. In July 1943, Pilot Officer Widdicombe went overseas and landed at Clyde River Harbour in Scotland before being stationed in Bournemouth, England. On Christmas Day in 1943, he received his Flying Officer rank; then he was stationed at Little Rissington, Cheriton Carew, Ossington, Dishforth, and Middleton St. George. Flight Lieutenant Widdicombe flew Oxfords, Ansons, Wellingtons, Halifaxes, and Lancasters. Attached to Moose Squadron 419, he flew Lancasters on raids over Germany and shot down an enemy fighter on the Chemnitz Raid. In June 1945, he flew a Lancaster and crew to Gander, Newfoundland. Jack volunteered for the Pacific Campaign and was stationed in Halifax. Jack was awarded the following medals: 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Clasp for Bravery, War Medal 1939-1945 (Victory) and Bomber Command Medal 1944-1945. He and his wife Florence Peterson raised three children and they farmed in Foxwarren for fifty years before retiring in Russell, Manitoba in 1996. He has been a member of Foxwarren Legion Branch 152 for more than 51 years. WRAY, Thomas Leslie WWII Leslie was born in Baldur, the son of Thomas and Tena Wray. He enlisted with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1941, transferred to the RCEME in February 1942, went overseas on March 15, 1942, returning September 1945, and was discharged on November 15, 1945. While in Canada, he was stationed at Woodstock and Camp Borden. Overseas he was at Camp Borden, England for three and a half years. He married Nancy Marcella in England on November 27, 1943 and they had two daughters, Sharon and Nancy. Leslie lived in St. Paul and was employed as a Stationary Engineer.
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