The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 15 ALLARD, William WWI Bill was born in Quebec in 1888 and received his education there. He joined the Canadian Army and while being overseas he was gassed, which affected him in later years. After being discharged he worked on farms in Southern Saskatchewan. Bill came north to the Megan District and homesteaded. He later sold his land to Marten Bellerby and bought a farm further east and had a threshing outfit and threshed crops around the Megan District. He liked good horses which he kept like show stock. He retired to Arborfield in 1950 and passed away on October 3, 1953. ALLEN, Jack WWI Jack was born in 1888 in County Donegal, Ireland and came with his brother, Bob, in 1912 to work at Conquest, Saskatchewan. In 1914, he joined the CEF going overseas building bridges and preparing roadways. In 1919, after returning home, he filed for homesteads in the White Fox areas and married Kathleen Morgan and raised eleven children. He retired and moved to Saskatoon in 1958. Jack passed away on November 1, 1965. ALLINGHAM, John Hartley WWII Hartley was born in Young, Saskatchewan, on May 31, 1918. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on September 22, 1941 and served in Canada, England, France and Germany. He was a mechanic in the air crew of Spitfire Wing #144, the first one to operate from French soil after the D-Day landing in Normandy. He was awarded the usual service medals, along with the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Ribbon and Maple Leaf. Hartley was discharged from the service on October 9, 1945 and returned to the family farm and was a member in good standing with The Legion for 47 years; 23 years with the YoungZelma Branch #358, and then transferred to the Kelowna Branch #26 for 24 years. Hartley passed away on May 1, 1996 at Kelowna, British Columbia. ALLEN, Robert WWI Bob was born in 1886 in County Donegal, Ireland, and came with his brother, Jack, in 1912 to work at Conquest, Saskatchewan. In 1914, he joined the CEF going overseas building bridges and preparing roadways. After the war ended, he visited Ireland and he married Hilda Robinson in Londonderry, Ireland, on February 13, 1919, and they came to Canada where he filed for homesteads in the White Fox area and raised a family of four children. Their closest neighbours were his brother, Jack, and Jim Hunter. In 1953, they sold the land and moved to Surrey, British Columbia. Hilda passed away in 1959. Bob returned in 1972 and passed away at Pineview Lodge in Nipawin.
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