The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 383 TAYLOR, Reginald George “Reg” WWII Reg joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1942 in Regina and was discharged in October 1945 in Regina. He took his basic training in Brandon, Manitoba, and was sent to #2 Construction and maintenance unit in Winnipeg, covering most air bases in Manitoba. Then he went to Souris, where he worked on a runway repair crew and was hit in the small of the back with a shovel handle, which sent him to Deer Lodge hospital for three weeks. There was a big drive for construction workers in the Yukon and he was sent there for about four months and then to Whitehorse until his discharge two years later. Upon his return to civilian life, he rented a half-section of land and worked for his dad. He also bought a large spray-painting outfit with his brother and he went painting. In January, he went to Vancouver and got a job painting veterans’ houses and got married on April 2, 1947 to Edna Verboom, and did jobs for farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan until 1950, when he came home and worked for his dad until he took over the farm in 1964. Reg’s back bothered him most of his life after he left the Royal Canadian Air Force. He applied for a pension but was refused. TAYLOR, William WWII William was born in Nottingham, Saskatchewan, in 1920. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force training in several bases in Canada, performing all of his duties with courage and honour, and was due a promotion at the time of his death in 1944, when he was granted the title of Pilot Officer. On the 50th anniversary of the plane crash when William and his crew lost their lives, two of his sisters, a brother and a niece, along with an English family who had lost a brother, travelled to the French burial site. In the quiet little village of Hilsenhiem, the Steydli families had lovingly maintained the graves of these fallen airmen all through the years. In a beautiful section of the cemetery, the graves were side by side. The greeting these French families gave the visitors from Canada and England has created a wonderful and enduring friendship. Sometimes good can flow from otherwise very sad situations. TERRY, Leroy Charles WWII Leroy was born in Kalispell, Montana, in 1923. He joined the 101st Battery “C” Troop, 8th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA and served in Canada and England. He has been a member of the Nipawin Branch #120 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 59 years. TERRY, Herbert Leroy WWII Herbert was born in Marmara, Ontario, in 1901. He joined the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps serving in Canada. He passed away in 1975.
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