The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 419 WEBB, S. K. WWII S. K. Webb was born on July 18, 1924 in Liverpool, England. He joined the RCAF on July 27, 1943 and served in Canada as a Leading Aircraftman until leaving the service on December 17, 1945. He married and has been a member of Nutana Legion Branch 362. WEEDEN, James BOER WAR & WWI James was born in 1881 in London, England. He joined the British Army and served in the Boer War in South Africa where he was taken prisoner when his horse was shot and killed from under him. He returned to England at the end of the war and in 1903, he and his two brothers set sail for Canada where he settled in Saskatchewan’s Kiskey area, pioneering the land and working for his neighbours. In 1913, he married Ellen Thompson, also from England. In 1915, James joined the Canadian Army Service Corps in Winnipeg and was sent to France where he worked as a ferrier as horses were used in many areas of army transport. In 1918, he came home and met his young son James who was born while overseas. In 1920, the family moved to the Paddockwood area to farm in the Elk Range School District. James and Ellen had three sons who served in WWII. James often played his trumpet for Remembrance Day services at Christopher Lake and he was a Legion member. He died in 1958. WEEDEN, Philip George WWII Philip was born in 1921 on the family farm in the Paddockwood area, the fourth child of a family of six born to James and Ellen Weeden. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, learned to fly in Regina and Yorkton at the Elementary Flight Training School and graduated third out of sixty-five in his group. He was assigned to be a bomber pilot posted to Moose Squadron 319 and flew 27 missions over Germany in Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster bombers. During this time, he was promoted to Squadron Leader and following his missions, was assigned to Operation Headquarters. In 1943, Philip was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bringing his plane and crew home safely after two engines failed. After his discharge, he became involved in the Alberta oil industry and married Orla Brenkenridge in 1960, raising three children. Philip’s family lived in Sherwood Park, Alberta and he passed away in December 2007 in the Kipnes Veterans Home in Edmonton.
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