The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 407 SMITH, Bruce Anderson WWI Bruce was born on November 29, 1895 in Letham, Forfarshire, Scotland. He went to Smithfield, the family farm near Kisbey, SK in 1906 where he worked until enlisting in the Winnipeg Rifles in March, 1916. He trained at Camp Hughes, Manitoba and Bramshott, England before landing in France in January 1917. He served as a Sapper with the 2nd Canadian Railway Troops until being discharged with the rank of A/Lance Corporal in June 1919. He married Nellie Wyatt and they had three children. They moved to Cherry Ridge in 1934 where he farmed until his death on September 15, 1958. He was a founding member of the Great War Veterans’ Association and a Legion member. Smith Point in Lower Fishing Lake, Nipawin Provincial Park is named in his honour. SMITH, Chester Charles WWII Chester was born in Davidson, SK in 1918. He enlisted in the Army and served in the Support Unit of the South Saskatchewan Regiment as a Private in Canada, England and Europe during the Second World War. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Davidson Branch 51. Chester passed away in 1984. SMITH, James Hall WWII James was born on August 19, 1900 in Smithfield, his parent’s farm in the then-Northwest Territories near Kisbey. He attended school and worked for his father until taking up his own homestead east of Nipawin, SK in 1919 before moving to Cherry Ridge District. He enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Engineers in Saskatoon in May 1941 and trained at Regina, Dundurn and Valcartier before shipping out to Scotland in March 1942. He served “on pick and shovel duties” in England with the 7th Canadian Construction Corps until January 1944 when he “aged out” and returned to Canada for discharge in April 1944. He married Edith Manklow and they had one daughter. He returned to farming, construction and logging until he passed away in 1981. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion White Fox Branch 244.
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