The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 359 CLEVEN, Kenneth “Tennie” WWII Kenneth was born in Ardath, Saskatchewan on April 26, 1919. He served four years in England, France and Germany in the Army with the Highland Light Infantry as a signaller on the front lines. He suffered a shrapnel wound on one arm but remained in the Army until he was discharged after the war ended. As he related to his sister, he considered himself fortunate to have come through the war with only one injury when he witnessed so many of his comrades die beside him. He moved to Edmonton following the War. Kenneth passed away in Outlook in 2007 and is buried in Our Saviours Cemetery east of Ardath. COBB, Floyd Bryson WWII Floyd was born on December 3, 1918, son to George and Agnes Cobb of Outlook. He took his schooling in Outlook and was working in a local store when he enlisted with the RCAF in 1940 and served overseas as a pilot officer. During a training exercise on March 17, 1942 he was killed when his plane, attempting a steep turn, crashed into the North Sea off Redcar, a seaside town in Yorkshire. He is buried in Thornaby-on-Tees Military Cemetery near Thornaby, County Durham, England. COLEMAN, Gordon WWI Gordon Coleman was born in Troy, Ontario on June 8, 1883. He, his wife Margaret and son Jesse arrived by train to homestead (in a sod house) in the Outlook area in 1909. They had two more sons and two daughters. In 1914, when he enlisted in the Army, the family moved into Outlook. George was a member of the 128th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and served in various fronts in France with different battalions: sixteen months with the 128th, nine months with the 9th and thirteen months with the 1st CMR. He sustained gunshot wounds to his left arm on September 30, 1918. He was awarded a Good Conduct Badge and returned to civilian life on April 29, 1919. It took him considerable time to recover; however, he supported his family by being the ferryman on the South Saskatchewan River west of Outlook.
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