The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 9 ABTOSWAY, William Frederick WWII William was born in 1924 in Foam Lake, SK. He enlisted with the Army and served with the 12th District Depot in Canada. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. William was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Foam Lake Branch before he passed away in 1988. ABTOSWAY, Wilson A. WWII Wilson was born in 1915 in Foam Lake, SK. He enlisted with the Army and served with the 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse Regiment in North Africa, Italy and Canada. He was injured in a tank explosion and spent a month in hospital in Italy. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the Italy Star. Wilson was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Hanley Branch for 37 years before he passed away in 2005. AGNEW, Charles Roy WWII Charles was born in 1917 in the Coolidge District, where he went to school. He joined the Army in 1940 and served first in Canada and then in the Artillery in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was injured in Germany and returned to Canada on a hospital ship. He was hospitalized and the came back to Birch Hills to live with his parents and farm. Charles passed away in 1990. ADAIR, William Rosce WWII William was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA, on September 22, 1901, and came to the Canwood area in 1919, and homesteaded in the Stump Lake area in 1927. He joined the Army in 1940 and trained in Regina, SK, and Guelph, ON. He spent two years overseas, where he got hurt and was sent home, and was discharged in 1944. He bought two quarters of land through the Veterans Land and farmed until 1956, when he moved to Prince Albert, SK. He passed away in Saskatoon on November 1, 1986, and is buried in the Legion Plot of the Canwood North Cemetery. He belonged to the Canwood Legion for 15 years.
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