The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 103 CRELLIN, Stanley Doane WWII Stanley was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 1912. He joined the RCE and served in Canada. He came to Welwyn in 1915 and held many jobs, working in a relief bush camp, an orderly at the Weyburn Mental Hospital and helped build a hotel in Rose Valley, Saskatchewan. He married Kay in 1940 and they raised seven boys: Eric, Victor, Dale, Glen, Brian, Ray and Grant. He built and contracted in the area for over fifty years and supervised the building of Welwyn Hall, two rinks, the Senior Centre and the Regional Park. He was a longtime officer in The Legion Board of Trade, C.R.O.W., the United Church Sunday School, the Village Council Regional Park and projectionist for fourteen years. Stan was a member of the Welwyn Branch #112 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 44 years before he passed away in 1991. He is buried in the Welwyn Cemetery. CREUSER, Adrian Louis WWII Adrian was born at 10-42-21-2 on October 31, 1920. He joined the Navy and served on HMCS Eastview on the High Seas. Adrian is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion. CRISP, Cora CWAC Cora joined the CWAC and served three years in England. CREW, Basil Glynn WWII Basil was born at Wawota, Saskatchewan, on December 20, 1919, son of Herb and Hazel Crew. He took his schooling at Wawota and Notre Dame College and joined the Air Force in August, 1940 and took his training at several prairie bases, graduating in December 1941. He went overseas in January 1942 and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1943, which was presented by King George of England. Squadron Leader Pilot Basil was killed in action on January 5, 1945 at the age of 25. He was flying a Halifax bomber with #427 Lion Squadron and was shot down 12 miles north of their target, Hanover, Germany. He is buried in the Limmer British Cemetery in Hanover. Crew Lake in Northern Saskatchewan is named in his honour.
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