The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 361 WILDEY, Pete WWII Pete, son of Robert and Mary Ellen (Work) Wildey, was born on December 23, 1915. He joined the Regina Rifles at age 24 and was stationed in Prince Albert for six months and then on to Dundurn. He spent one year in Nova Scotia before being sent to Aldershot, England. He served in Belgium, Holland, and France before returning to Canada. Pete married Una Beal and they had a family of four children. They farmed and drove a school bus. They retired in 1974 and moved to Birch Hills. Una and Pete have both passed away. WILEY, David James WWI David was born in Saltcoats, SK, on February 9, 1897. He attended Perley School, and joined the 1st Depot Battalion in Regina, serving with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in Canada and England. He returned to Saltcoats, where he married and raised a family. David passed away on February 28, 1975, and is buried in the Saltcoats Town Cemetery. WILLIAMS, Patrick Joseph WWII Patrick was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1904. He joined the 14th Field, 81st Battery and served in England, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Patrick passed away in 1990. He was a member of the Lintlaw Legion Branch. WILLIAMS, Geoffrey WWII Geoffrey was born in 1921. He enlisted in Regina on January 10, 1940, with the 113th Field Battery and became part of the 8th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery and went overseas on January 24, 1940, embarking from Halifax on the Monarch of Bermuda and landing at Gourroch, Scotland, on February 9, 1940. He was stationed in England until October 26, 1943, when they embarked for Italy, arriving on November 8, 1943. Geoff was wounded at the Battle for Coriano Ridge on September 6, 1944, and spent four months in the hospital in Southern Italy, and was then transported by hospital ship back to England in February of 1945. Geoff was discharged at Regina on July 26, 1945, and served with The Royal Canadian Legion for 58 years, becoming a Life Member in 2007.
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