The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 421 YOUNG, William Allan “Allan” WWII Allan was born in Viscount, SK on October 5, 1918. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on March 20, 1942 and served as a Flight Officer in Canada and England. Discharged on August 20, 1945, Allan was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the 1939-45 Star. He farmed in the Viscount area until he retired to the Village of Viscount. He was a member of RCL Viscount Branch 271. Allan had two children with his wife, Gwendoline Webster who was with the Women’s Auxiliary, RAF. Allan passed away in Lanigan Hospital on April 12, 2007. ZALAPSKY, William WWII William was born on his family farm near St. Philips, Saskatchewan on May 14, 1920. upon the breakout of World War II, he enlisted in the Army in Winnipeg, MB and received his basic training in Portage la Prairie, MB before shipping out to England. He was assigned to the 175th Light Anti-Aircraft in London, England and it was his duty to shoot down enemy bombers. He was then sent over the Channel with the infantry to fight through France, Belgium and Holland until war’s end. When he returned home from the war, he joined a local band, the Cowboy Kings, and performed at dances throughout the area and also had a weekly radio show on CJGX Radio. William moved to Hamilton, Ontario around 1949 and was employed with Stanley Steel until he retired. William passed away in Yorkton, SK in 2011 at the age of 90. ZEBEDEE, Gilbert Wellington WWI Gilbert was born on February 7, 1890 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario. His father, James Zebedee, homesteaded from 1906 near Guernsey, Saskatchewan. Gilbert was a farmer from Plunkett, SK when he enlisted in Watrous, SK on December 5, 1916 and he was single at the time. He served overseas during World War I and was killed in action after March 1917.
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