The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 105 CRISP, Edna CWAC Edna was born in Smeaton and joined the CWAC and served three years in England. CRISP, George Thomas WWII George enlisted in the Army on August 3, 1943 in Regina, Saskatchewan. He served in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe with the South Saskatchewan Regiment under Colonel Stott, who took over the regiment after Colonel Merritt lost his life in the Dieppe Reid and was awarded the Victoria Cross. George received the France/Germany Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. CROCKER, Colin Stuart WWII Stuart was born on May 1, 1920 in Saskatoon. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at Saskatoon in September 1941 and served with Squadrons 168 and 403 as a wireless electrical mechanic in the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and French Morocco, servicing aircraft carrying the mail for Allied troops. He left the service as a Sergeant at Regina on October 16, 1945. Married with two sons and three daughters, Colin was a founding member of the Canadian Legion Branch at Matagami, Quebec, and was also active in the Legion at Flin Flon. After the war, he took the degree of Bachelor of Science in geological engineering at the University of Saskatchewan and spent a career at various locations as a mining engineer, chief engineer, plant engineer, mine superintendent, project engineer and mine manager. CRISP, Walter WWI Walter enlisted with the Canadian Army in 1914 with the 28th Battalion Infantry in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and went overseas and fought all major battles including Vimy Ridge, where he received a bullet wound in his leg and also suffered from the poisonous gas used at that time. After the war, he married Selina Footman from his home town of Kidderminster, England, and he returned to Canada and raised a family of four. Walter passed away at age 65.
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