The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 91 ELLISON, William Archibald “Willie” WWI William enlisted in the Army with the 20th Battalion at Moose Jaw. He went overseas in 1917 during the Second World War and was in the machine gun corps. William was killed in action in 1918 in France and is buried in Flanders. ELSIE, James Leonard WWI James was born in 1850 and he served during the First World War. He was from the Frobisher, Saskatchewan area. James passed away in 1932. EWAN (MANSELL), Betty Maud WWII Betty Maud was born on November 16, 1907, the eldest of four children to Walter Mansell and Maud Gell in Northampton, England. She worked as an accountant. During the war, she worked at a Military-Aircraft Company in Coventry, a one-hour train ride away from Northampton. Every morning in the dark, she boarded the train not knowing it all the tracks at the factory would be there. During the Battle of Britain, Coventry was bombed heavily every night. She married Keith Ewan on January 25, 1941. On June 5, 1944 their son Bruce was born. The birth announcement was on the same page as the headlines about the D-Day invasion. Betty and son Bruce embarked from Liverpool on May 11, 1945 and landed at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 23, 1945. Because of wartime security, it was impossible to know when you would leave from England, from which dock, nor the name of the ship. War in Europe was virtually over, but their ship still had to run a zigzag course, just in case some unfriendly submarines were out there. A cabin contained eight women and their children. After a six-day train trip across Canada, they were met at Alameda by the Sillery family and lived with them until Keith went home in September 1945. A daughter, Ann, was born in Oxbow. Betty was involved with The Royal Canadian Legion, Happy Gang, Frobisher U.C.W. and the Frobisher Church.
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