Military Service Recognition Book

271 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca WOODS, Ernest “Charles” WWII Charles enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in February 1942 and served in Canada with #4 SFTS during World War II. He was discharged in November 1945. Ernest was married to Norine. WOODS, Leonard Kenneth WWII Leonard was born in Warman, Saskatchewan on June 30, 1919. He enlisted in the Army in Saskatoon on September 21, 1939 and served as a Gunner with the 6th Field Regiment, RCA in Europe during World War II. He was discharged in Regina on July 28, 1945. His service number was L-11103. Leonard received the Service Medal. He and his wife Irene Alice had one son, Lorne Albert. WOODS, Richard Stevenson WWI Richard was born in 1886 in Beaconsfield, Manitoba. In 1911, he took up a homestead in Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the Canadian Army when the war broke out in 1914 in Leroy, SK. After being in and out of the trenches in France from 1915 until the first part of June 1916 in the battles of Ypres, Lance Corporal Woods was pelted by a mine blast and almost lost an arm and a leg. He recovered from his wounds and was put on patrol with the Military Police in England. He was given an honourable discharge in late 1917. Richard passed away in 1976.

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