The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 95 FELTON, George Frederick “Fred” WWII Fred was born on July 10, 1914 on a farm near Semans. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force as Transport Mechanic on September 11, 1939 during the Second World War. Fred served in many parts of Western Canada before being posted in England in 1943. When the European war was over, he volunteered to go to the Pacific, but that war ended before he was transferred there. Fred was stationed in Eastern Canada until his discharge in 1946. At the time of discharge Fred held the rank of Flight Sergeant. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the Defence Medal. After discharge, Fred took over his father’s farm, farming with his wife Shirley until his retirement in 1974. The Felton farm received Century Farm award in 2005. He was a member of Semans Legion Branch for over 35 years. Fred passed away in 1986. FELTON, Norman Victor WWII Norman was born in 1921 in Semans, Saskatchewan the eighth child in a family of nine to Amy and George Felton. Eager to serve his country, along with his two older brothers, Fred and Dick, who had joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, Norman was initially turned down by both the Air Force and the Navy. Accepted in the Canadian Army, he was disappointed at not being allowed to serve overseas because he had flat feet and wore glasses. He served as a cook with the Canadian Army in London, Ontario in the Second World War. During his three and a half years of service, in 1942 Norman married an Ontario farm girl, Alice Jean Drimmie, with whom he had four children: Alan, Adele, Ron and Larry. After the war, the family settled in London, Ontario where Norman was employed for over twenty years in food services at Western University and later with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. He was a member of the Semans Legion Branch. Norman passed away in 2004 and was predeceased by Alice in 2003. FERRIDGE, Charles WWI & WWII Charles was born in 1895 in Kent, England. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1916 to 1919 in the First World War. He served on several British ships escorting troop ships across the Atlantic and later on the HMS Moldavia which was carrying US soldiers. It was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel with only two hundred of the six hundred persons onboard surviving. This ship lies in two pieces in the bottom of the English Channel and is a destination for experienced divers. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a fireman at Swift Current, Estevan and Medicine Hat during the Second World War. He was a member of Swift Current Legion Branch 56. Charles passed away in 1983.
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