205 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca STEPHENSON, Leslie Currie “Les” RCMP Les was born on March 25, 1919, in Belmont, Manitoba. His parents, Joseph and Annie Stephenson, had seven children, six boys and one girl. Les (or Stevie as he was then called) received all of his schooling in Belmont. In 1940, he joined the RCMP at the Training Depot in Regina. In 1947, he and Mary Royce were married in Saskatoon. They raised four children: Margaret, Dorothy, Robert and Donald. Like many members of the RCMP, Les served in many Saskatchewan communities, including Elbow, Imperial, Humboldt, Rosetown, Kamsack and Outlook. In 1965, Les retired in Outlook where he operated the Irrigation Centre Motel. He continued serving his community through involvement in sports and community government. Les enjoyed seeing his thirteen grandchildren whenever he was able to. He loved his career with the RCMP where he respected his colleagues and was, in turn, respected by them. Les passed away on March 5, 2005, at the age of 85. He is buried in the Outlook Cemetery. STEWART, Hamish Galbraith Hamilton “Jimmy” WWII Jimmy was born on March 20, 1923, in St. James, Manitoba. He enlisted in World War II with the Canadian Army on March 16, 1940, with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He served overseas in 1941 with the Winnipeg Grenadiers. He was captured on December 25, 1941 and spent the rest of the war in prison camps in China and Japan. He returned home on September 9, 1945, and re-enlisted in 1947, serving seventeen more years. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 46 Fort Macleod for sixteen years. Jimmy passed away on June 19, 1993. STEWART, William Duncan KOREANWAR William was born in Miniota, Manitoba in 1931. He joined the Army at nineteen years old and served in Korea from 1952 to 1953 as a Trooper with the Strathcona Horse Royal Canadians (LDSH). William suffered from PTSD and he died in 2002. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatoon Branch for fifty years.
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