The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 357 BENTLEY, Harold Cecil WWI Harold was born in Yorkshire, England on November 3, 1898. With his parents Henry and Lucy Bentley and sister Lily, he moved to Canada in 1905 where the family eventually homesteaded south of Glenside. He listed his occupation as farmer when he enlisted in the 128th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force in Moose Jaw on November 30, 1915 at the age of eighteen. He was posted overseas to England and saw action in France with the 52nd and 29th Battalions for nine months. Harold was wounded and hospitalized on two separate occasions, first in April 1917 and later in August 1918. He received his discharge in Regina on February 8, 1919 having received a Good Conduct Medal and entitlement to wear two gold stripes and three blue chevrons. In civilian life, he returned to Glenside where he married Eva Baskerville Gomme in 1927. They had five sons and two daughters. Eva died in 1964 and Harold in 1990. He is buried in the Glenside Cemetery. BUNKA, John WWII John was born in St. Julien, Saskatchewan on January 19, 1921. He enlisted in the Army and served with the Regina Rifles Regiment. He served in Canada during the Second World War. John passed away on July 9, 1995. CARTER, John Charles WWI John Charles Carter was born on June 25, 1882 in London, England. He arrived in the Fertile Valley area as a child with his parents John and Elizabeth Sarah Carter. The family relocated to Outlook in 1906. He married Sarah Jessie Sutton in 1910 and they became important members of the Outlook community for many years. J. C. Carter was Outlook’s first postmaster and the first editor of the newspaper, as well as being a realtor and town mayor for over fifteen years. He was organist and choir master at St. Mark’s Anglican Church. He and his wife had two children: Doris and Phillip. He enlisted in the Army on December 22, 1915 as a member of the 46th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and transferred to the 15th Battalion. He served in France where he suffered a gunshot wound at Passchendaele. After recovering from his wounds, he returned to Canada, received an honourable discharge on August 18, 1919 and returned to Outlook where he lived until his death at age 88 on February 25, 1970.
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