The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 11 AMENT, Lloyd Edward “Sparky” WWII Lloyd was born on August 20, 1918 in Kindersley, SK. He enlisted in Saskatchewan in 1941 and served as a Gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was posted to England and landed with his unit, the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, on Juno Beach on D-Day, June 10, 1944. He survived to fight in France, Holland and Germany. Lloyd married Pauline Palmer in July 1945 in Kent, England and returned to Canada where he was released in 1945. He was a member of RCL Kindersley Branch 57. ANDERSON, Robert Charles WWII Robert was born on March 15, 1919 in Saskatchewan’s Hazelwood district. On October 27, 1939, he enlisted with the South Saskatchewan Regiment and was later transferred to the First Canadian Special Service Battalion, a parachute commando unit. He was wounded at Dieppe in 1942 and was killed in action in the south of France on September 13, 1944. Robert was twenty-five, married and had a four-year old daughter. He was buried in France. ANDREW, Elmer Roy WWII Elmer was born on September 2, 1922 to Billy and Carrie (Campbell) Andrew at Maymont, Saskatchewan. He enlisted as a Private in Saskatchewan on December 10, 1941 and served overseas in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He was a member of 69 Transport Company when he was killed in action in Holland on April 19, 1945. He is interred in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in Nijmegen in The Netherlands. Elmer had married Rosalie Jones in Essex County, England on October 22, 1943. She never came to Canada. Andrew Lake, a geo-memorial in Northern Saskatchewan, perpetuates Elmer’s sacrifice.
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