The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 41 BELLS, Robert W. WWII Robert was born in Clair, Saskatchewan in 1919. He served as a Lieutenant in the South Saskatchewan Light Infantry in Canada, England, France, Belgium and Holland. Robert was killed in action in 1945 and is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery in Holland. BENN, George Judson WWII George was born in Swift Current, SK in 1917. He joined the Army and went to England in December 1942 and to France in June 1944. Following the first wave to disembark in France, his unit was stranded in the Channel for ten days due to storms. George was a Signalman with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals who also served in Holland until his return to Canada in 1945. He received the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, and the War Medal 193945. After the war, George worked in Richmond, SK then was a partner at Massey Harris Co. in Golden Prairie. George was Area Superintendent for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool when he retired in 1982. A member of the Senior Kiwanis Club, he was active in sports and coached boy scouts. George received a “Canada 125 Commemorative Medal” from the Government of Saskatchewan and was a Legion member at Hazlet and Swift Current for fortysix years before he died from cancer on March 2, 2001. BENNETT, George Matthew WWII George was born in 1901 in the village of Caersws, Wales. He joined the Army in Regina and sailed for Liverpool on the French liner “The Old Pasture”. Carrying three thousand men, but with a capacity of one thousand, the ship sailed 500 miles off course to avoid submarines. Stationed at Borden for troop training, George was on guard duty when a bomb landed a quarter mile away, knocking out every blackout off the windows in the camp. Taffy Bennett, as he was known, served the head table in the Officers’ Mess and was promoted to Barman. George sailed home on the Queen Lizzie where quarters were crowded but the meals were excellent. In the mornings, there was a fair bit of water on the deck and it was thought that the boat leaked. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the Defence of Britain Medal. George was a member of Avonlea Legion Branch 236 for fortyone years before he died in 1987.
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