113 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca KYLE, Walter WWII Walter was born in Glen Ella, Manitoba on January 16, 1912. He joined the Army in 1942 and served as a Gunner in Italy, Belgium, Holland, and France. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Hythe Branch 93 for 45 years. He was awarded the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the War Medal 1939-1945, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Silver Bar and a Service Star. After the war, Walter and his new bride returned to Hythe and with financial backing from the VLA, bought a quarter of land and started their family. Walter was very active within the community, always willing to lend fellow farmers a helping hand or to join a game of pool or cribbage with his neighbours. He lived his dream of farming and raising cattle until he passed away in 1980 at the age of 68. LADEROUTE, Raphael Joseph “Ralph” WWI Ralph was born in 1888 in St. Pierre, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Army in Winnipeg in July 1918 and attained the rank of Captain while serving during World War I. Ralph returned to farming in the Creelman, Saskatchewan area following the war. LADEROUTE-ALLAN, Edith Marie WWII Edith was born in 1921 in Ste Rose du Lac, Manitoba. She enlisted in Regina in September 1942 and served in the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force in London, England with the UK Base Accounts Division, Knightsbridge Harrods Department Store. Corporal Laderoute-Allan served from 1942 to 1946 as a clerk-accountant and returned to teaching in the Creelman, Saskatchewan area following the war. She married Colin Allan in October 1946 and was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Stoughton Branch 133 for thirty years before she passed away in 2006.
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