The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 85 CLARKE, Samuel WWI Samuel was born in Dawley, Shropshire, England, in 1882. He joined the Infantry and served in England, France and Belgium. He was a member of The Legion and passed away in 1949. CLAY, John E. WWII John was born in Fairlight, Saskatchewan. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on June 20, 1941 and spent the next five years in the service and trained as an air mechanic #6 SFTS and was posted to #8 SFTS, Quebec, to #165 Squadron Seal Island, British Columbia, in 1944 and posted overseas to #36 Transport Squadron in India and moved to the Burma theatre flying supplies to the British Army. He was discharged in January 1946, and returned to take up farming. He married his wife, Joan, in 1953 and they raised four children. He took an electrical course and gained his Journeyman Electrician papers. He joined the potash mine near Langenburg in 1963, and a different one in 1970 and retired in Langenburg in 1984. John received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, the British Empire Service Medal and the Burma Star. CLAYTON, R. M. WWII R. M. Clayton was born at Bounty, Saskatchewan, and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on November 21, 1941, serving until February 1946, when he left the service as a Corporal. R. M. Clayton is married. CLAYTON, Lyman Edward “Ward” WWII Lyman was born in Harris, Saskatchewan, in 1916. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in January 1941 and trained as an air engine mechanic in St. Thomas, Ontario, and while there he married Edith Longworth of Bents, Saskatchewan, on June 13, 1941. He was later stationed at the Royal Canadian Air Force flying schools for pilots in Saskatoon, Estevan and Jericho Beach, British Columbia, and discharged from there. Edith and Ward operated a general store at Laura, Saskatchewan, and rented a farm at Bents, Saskatchewan, before moving to a farm in Canwood in 1951, where he farmed until their retirement in 1981, when he moved to Shellbrook. Edith passed away in November 2001, and Ward in January 2009. They have three children, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
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