The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 51 BERGER, Charles Richard WWII Charles was born in Langenburg, SK, in 1915. She enlisted on May 14, 1942, with the Royal Canadian Navy as an electrical artificer. In 1944, he married Barbara, who he met in BC. Charles was assigned to HMCS Cheboque and sent on convoy duty between St. John’s, NL, and Londonberry, Ireland. On October 4, they were torpedoed in the Atlantic. Charlie retired in 1980 and was a founding member of the Langenburg Branch of The Royal Canadian legion and honoured as a 50-year member in 1996. He received the CVSM and Clasp, the 1939-45 Bronze Star, and the 1939-45 War Medal. He passed away on March 30, 1998 in Langenburg. BERGER, Edward J. “Ed” WWII Edward was born in Langenburg, SK, in 1904. He joined the RCOC 1st Division RCEME in January 1940 and went overseas with the 1st contingent. He spent nearly five years in England as a Staff Sergeant with the RCEME and was involved in providing emergency lighting units during blackouts in England. Ed was due to be repatriated in a few months when he was killed in 1944. He is buried in Brookside Cemetery in England. He has a geomemorial called Berger Lake in northern Saskatchewan. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and the 1939-45 War Medal. BESSEL, Leo Norman WWII Leo was born in Langenburg, SK, on March 10, 1922. He enlisted on September 9, 1942, with the 10th A. A. (General) and was released on April 4, 1943. After the war, Norman returned to Langenburg and farmed his father’s homestead until 1978. He married Leah in 1944, and they had one son. They retired to Langenburg, where he built a new home in 1978. Norman passed away in 2006. BERGGREN, Clarence “Bob” WWII Clarence was born in Marchwell, SK. He joined the Army in Worthing, Sussex, England, in 1943, and went to France with the Battalion in 1944. At St. Andre-sur-Orne, Normandy, he was severely injured in the head. After medical attention, he was sent to a hospital in England to recover before returning to Marchwell. He suffered with headaches when he returned home. He candled eggs in the candling station in Marchwell, and then took a job driving the cream pick up truck for the Langenburg Creamery. On March 31, 1945, when he was out on a route, his life met with tragedy when he was found dead beside the truck that he was driving.
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