267 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca WILSON, Forrest C. WWII Sergeant Forrest Wilson was born in Roland, Manitoba on March 28, 1914. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Winnipeg in May 1943 and served in Canada and Newfoundland during World War II. He was discharged in Vancouver in September 1946. His service number was R-253467. WILSON, Ludwick “Lud” WWII Lud was born in Manitoba on October 31, 1920. He enlisted in the Army, Regimental # L103231 on November 30, 1942 in Regina, Saskatchewan and trained there as well. Once he was discharged on demobilization on January 29, 1946 in Regina, he returned home and married Bertha Waddell on April 29, 1946. Lud served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Private Ludwick Wilson received the France and Germany Star, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Bertha and Lud lived in Bracken, Saskatchewan where he and his older brother, Frank, owned and operated a garage. They had three sons: Terry, Garry and Kenneth. In 1949, Lud and Bertha rented his father’s farm and eventually purchased land of their own. The Wilsons decided to move to Alberta in 1962 and purchased a half section of land in the Kleskun Hills area near Bezanson. The following year, Lud moved his family to a farm in the Fitzsimmons area also near Bezanson. Bertha and Lud’s sons all attended school in Bezanson and Grande Prairie. The Wilsons continued to farm until 1973 when they sold their land to the Peel brothers. They moved to Grande Prairie where Lud became a Real Estate Agent – an industry he worked in until his retirement. Bertha passed away in 1992, Lud in 2007; both were buried at the Grande Prairie Cemetery. WILSON, Robert Edwin WWII Robert enlisted in the Navy with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve in Saskatoon on March 30, 1944. He served in Canada on HMCS Ettrick during World War II. He was married to Pat.
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