The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 93 DENNIS, Fredrick Leslie WWI & WWII Fredrick was born in 1893 in Ancaster County, ON. He was 21 when WWI was declared and he went overseas in 1915 with the 68th Battalion R.C.A.S.C. He became a dispatch Rider and carried dispatches in England and France. In England he met and married his future wife who was clerking in an English post office. They returned to Canada after the war and made a living farming. He joined the 1st Corp Ammunition Park when WWII was declared and went overseas with the 1st Division. He returned to Canada and was honourably discharged. Fredrick passed away in 1986. DENNIS, Harold James WWII Harold was born in 1907 in Parkman, SK. He was 33 years old when he enlisted in January of 1940. He volunteered for active service and on January 10, with his older brother Leslie, boarded a troop train and was on his way for overseas. He was in Aldershot, England by January 23. He returned to Canada in December of 1946 with the rank of Captain having served with the R.C.A.S.C. 1st Division in Divisional Headquarters. Upon his discharge he started working with the department of Veterans Affairs as a Credit Advisor. Harold passed away in 1975. DENNIS, Russel Edward WWII Russel was born on September 1, 1923 in Parkman, SK. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942, attaining the rank of Pilot Officer. He was an Air Gunner with #630 (R.A.F.) Squadron R.C.A.F. and was killed in action on June 10, 1944. His Lancaster Bomber was shot down over Etaples France with all the crew except one being killed in the crash with the lone survivor taken prisoner. Russel is buried in Ommerville Communal Cemetery in Omerville, France. Dennis Lake in northern Saskatchewan is named in his honour. DENNIS, Robert Lawrence WWI Robert was born on October 30, 1895 in Ancaster, ON. He traveled west with his family in 1901 and grew up on the farm. He got a first class certificate to teach and he taught school for 2 years and then enlisted with his brother in 1916 and went overseas with the 249th Battalion on the Queen Mary. His unit was the First Canadian Regiment (1st CMRs). He took intensive training in England and was shipped to France. He was wounded in the leg from bomb shrapnel. He returned to Canada and was honourably discharged and took up teaching. Robert passed away in 1977.
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