The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 341 ROTH, Jacob WWII Jacob was born in section 36 township 21 range west in Saskatchewan on February 2, 1920. He joined the Army on July 31, 1941, serving in Canada, the United Kingdom and the North Pacific. He was discharged on April 5, 1946 and came home with an Irish war bride. He had been a member of the Lumsden Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion for 50 years before he passed away on January 1, 2001. ROULSTON, George WWII George was born in the Ingleside District of Marchwell, Saskatchewan, on April 1, 1919. He joined the 2nd Canadian Engineers Eq. workshop RCEME on May 1, 1941 in a motor mechanics and good drivers mechanical course and was assigned to the important position of regimental water duties responsible for purifying all the water for the regiment. He received his motor vehicle mechanics certificate completing a course on diesel mechanics. As a Lance Corporal, he saw active duty in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe. He was discharged on October 22, 1945. He married Alice in 1948 and they raised a family of two. George worked in a garage for many years and then operated his own garage in Marchwell and retired to Langenburg in 1980. He enjoyed playing cards and sports, especially golf. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, the France/Germany Star, the 1939-45 Star, the 1939-45 War Medal, and the Defence Medal. George passed away on March 25, 1999. ROULSTON, Lorne E. WWII Lorne was born in the Ingleside District, south of Marchwell, Saskatchewan, on April 12, 1921. He joined the 42nd Canadian General Transport Division in 1942 serving in Canada and the United Kingdom. He was killed in an explosion on October 20, 1944 and his memory is remembered on the Groesbeck Memorial in Nijmegen, Holland. In northern Saskatchewan, there is a lake called Roulston Lake named after him because of his bravery and committed service to his country. Lorne was an easy-going man with a happy disposition and loved teasing and joking around. ROULSTON, Leonard WWII Leonard was born in the Ingleside District, south of Marchwell, Saskatchewan, on April 12, 1921. He joined the 101st LAA Battery with the 4th Canadian Division in 1942 and served most of the European countries. After he returned home in the Fall of 1945, he was not well because of the memories of the duties as a gunner. He farmed with his brother-in-law and never married, but loved all children. He passed away on May 27, 1990 and is buried at the Ingleside Cemetery, south of Marchwell, Saskatchewan.
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