241 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca PEARSON, Royal Blaine KOREA Royal was born on March 31, 1931, in Birnie, Manitoba. He commenced his elementary schooling in Birnie. The family moved to Neepawa where Blaine continued his education, graduating from Grade 8 in 1946 at Central School. He was very active in sports and was awarded the Legion trophy for most sportsmanlike player in the Public School Hockey League in the spring of 1946. The family moved to Edmonton in 1950 where Blaine enlisted in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. His regiment became a special battalion based in Winnipeg where they completed more training prior to their departure for Korea. The PPCLI was the only Canadian regiment to receive an American Presidential Citation for their involvement in the Korean Conflict. Private Royal Pearson was killed in action on March 7, 1951 while in Pusan, Korea. He is commemorated at the United Nations Cemetery in Pusan. Blaine Pearson Lake (53 K/12), north of Sharpe Lake, was named after him in 1998. POTTER, Weldon N. WWII Weldon was born in Mountain View, Manitoba on November 21, 1919. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Winnipeg on September 3, 1941 and served in Canada and in Newfoundland as an airframe engine mechanic. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and was discharged in Winnipeg on March 19, 1946. He was married to Helen Ellis. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Neepawa Branch 23. Weldon passed away on July 12, 1994. POWER, Michael Michael was born in England in 1813. He was a commissioned officer in the British Army, and one of Queen Victoria’s Own Guards. He always attended the Queen on her trips to Scotland where he met Annie Wallace Scott. They fell in love and were married in 1845. Sergeant Major Michael Power retired from the army in 1853. They left England in 1855 coming to America on the ship Britannia. A ruling was made in 1865 cutting off all pensioners unless they were living on British soil. They left Memphis in the spring of 1866 making their way up to Mississippi and Red Rivers to Fort McLeod where he left his family for the winter. In the spring, they left the Fort and journeyed to Winnipeg where he was made Governor of the jail until his death on December 9, 1876.
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