The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 55 BIRD, Benjamin Harold WWII Benjamin was born in Tiger Hills, SK in 1912. He joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment and was killed in action on September 11, 1944 at Nieuwpoort and is buried at Adegen Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium. His father and mother, John Edward and Mary Katherine (Halcro) Bird came from Poplar Point, first to the Halcro District and then to homestead S.W. 36-45-25-W.2. They were first living in a tent while their house was being built. Ben was one of 12 children and attended Harmony School. BIRD, Chester Alvin WWII Chester was born on May 19, 1919, the eldest son of nine children born to Colin and Caroline Birs of the Tiger Hill District. He attended Tiger Hill School and worked for various farmers and relatives as well as learning to play the violin, guitar, banjo, piano and organ. He married Marjorie Dubray in 1941 and soon after he enlisted in the Army with the Royal Canadian Engineer Corps. He trained at Dundurn, SK, Kitchener and Petawawa, ON, then back to Regina where he worked in an office. Chester received his honourable discharge in 1945. Marjorie and Chester had nine children. He worked at Churchill for the National Harbor Board in the summers loading ocean freighters with grain. Chester passed away in 1964 and is buried in St. Saviours Cemetery, southwest of Birch Hills. BIRD, Kenneth WWII Kenneth was born in March 1923 in Kyle, SK. He enlisted with the Canadian Army in 1943, being stationed in England and then to Germany as a truck driver transporting troops to Holland and Belgium. He was discharged in 1946, and he and his wife farmed in the Kyle area and raised one daughter. Ken was a member of the Kyle Branch #124 of The Royal Canadian Legion. He passed away in April 2003. BIRD, Harold KOREA Harold was born on May 26, 1928 in North Battleford, eldest son of Herbert and Ella (Baikie) Bird. He joined the Navy in 1947, and was posted to HMCS Naden at Esquimalt, then HMCS Ontario and MCS Stadacona, and aircraft carrier Magnificent as a signalman. He was then posted to HMCS Cayuga and on July 5, 1950 set sail for Korea and was involved in troop landings, evacuations and gunfire support. In March 1951, the Cayuga returned to Canada and Harold was written up in dispatches by Commander J.V. Brock. He took his honourable discharge on July 5, 1952 and went into other employment and then formed his own company, the Bird Inspection Bureau. He retired to Victoria in 1982. Harold’s father, Herbert was a Veteran of WWI and WWII.
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