The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 363 FERRY, John Louis WWI John was born in Broadview, Saskatchewan on April 18, 1894, son of Rev. John and Mrs. Isabelle Ferry. He was 23 and working as a farmer when he enlisted in Winnipeg on September 17, 1917, with the No. 1 Overseas CASC. He served in France with the 52nd Battalion of the Canadian Light Infantry at the 1918 Battle of Amiens which sparked the “hundred days” campaign where the Allied push drove the Germans backwards until their ultimate defeat and surrender on November 11, 1918. On August 19, John Ferry was blinded in the left eye and suffered a grave injury to his right eye, as well as a compound fracture to his right elbow from a shell explosion. He received treatment at a field hospital before being transferred to the West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital at Folkestone, England.When John Ferry was discharged on September 18, 1919 he listed his address as Outlook where his father and mother were living. FORSYTHE, George W. WWII George was born on June 3, 1923. He served in the Second World War as a Gunner with the 3rd Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment RCA, 105 Battery “L” Troop. George passed away on December 24, 2012. GIFFORD, John H. WWII Corporal John Henry Gifford was born September 21, 1918 to William and Winnifred Gifford of Glenside, Saskatchewan. He farmed near Glenside until he enlisted with the Regina Rifles Regiment in 1942. He had twin brothers, Ray and Ross, who were in the RCAF. John served in England and France. The Regina Rifles, after the D-Day invasion that began on June 6, 1944 they continued to put an end to Nazi-occupied France and were fighting in the Faubourg de Vaucelles area during July. The objectives of the operation were to capture the portions of Caen beyond the Orne River and establish a firm bridgehead. On July 30, 1944 John Henry Gifford died of wounds sustained in battle. He is buried at Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery near Calvados, France. The inscription on his tombstone reads: “greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
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