117 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca FERGUSON, William John “Bill” WWII Bill was born on February 26, 1916, to William and Annie Ferguson in Helston, Manitoba. He attended Bear Creek School and Helston School. He also helped with the farming at home. Private Bill Ferguson enlisted in 1942 and trained at Fort Osborne Barracks, Camp Shilo and Fort Garry. He was sent overseas on August 21, 1943 with the 1st Canadian Division of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He left England in October and served in Philippeville, Africa before going to Italy in January 1944. He was wounded there on March 17, 1944 and spent time in hospitals in both England and Italy. He was discharged on July 19, 1944 and returned home to Canada. He received the 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Italy Star, 1939-1945 Star. Bill purchased his own farm just south of Neepawa in 1947 and a year later he married Donalda Bell. They farmed in Neepawa all their lives. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Neepawa Branch 23 for 48 years from 1954 to 2002. Bill passed away on January 4, 2002 in Neepawa and was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Lot 20, Block 3, Range 28. FOREMAN, Douglas Burrow WWII Douglas was born on May 30, 1920, to Joseph and Viola (Hipwell) Foreman in Arden, Manitoba. The family moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1933 and returned to Arden again in 1949. Doug received his education in Yorkton, graduating in 1939. He enlisted in World War II and served five and a half years overseas with the 1st Canadian Division of the Canadian Army. After the war, he married Jean Schramm from Melville, Saskatchewan and they spent the next 25 years farming on the Foreman farm west of Arden. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Gladstone Branch 110. Doug passed away on September 14, 2004 and was buried in the Arden Cemetery. FORSMAN, Claude Alphonse WWII Claude was born in Kinistino, Saskatchewan on June 10, 1914. He moved to Erickson with his parents and later to Winnipeg where he received his education. After his schooling, he returned to Neepawa. He enlisted in the Army with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in September 1939 and trained in Winnipeg, Camp Shilo, and Quebec. He married Florence Leah Bough on March 5, 1940 in Neepawa and they had one daughter, Claudia Florence Forsman. Sergeant Claude Forsman was posted overseas in December 1940. His wife, Florence Leah Bough, received word that her husband, Sgt. Claude Forsman, had died of wounds received in action in France on July 24. Claude died on July 30, 1944. Three telegrams were received, the first announced that he had been severely wounded, while the second stated he was dangerously ill and that the nature of his wounds was a shell fragment wound, lumbar region with perforated abdomen. He is commemorated at the Bayeux War Cemetery in Calvados, France and Forsman Lake (64 I/12), northwest of North Knife Lake was named after him in 1974.
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