LEST WE FORGET 135 EWEN, William Albert WWII William was born in 1917 in Kelvington, Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the Army on September 7, 1939. He served with the 1st Yorkton Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron in England, Sicily, Italy, Holland and Germany until his discharge on September 7, 1945. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Kelvington Branch 19 for sixty years. William passed away in 1997. FELTON, Walter Kitchener “Dick” WWII Dick was born on March 17, 1916 in the log house on his parent’s farm in Semans, Saskatchewan. After his older brother, Fred, and younger brother, Norman, joined the services, Dick joined the RCAF aircrew as a Wireless Air Gunner. He was posted overseas and attached to the RAF. During his last year in service, he was posted as a Non-commissioned Officer in charge of the control tower at Saskatoon. Dick married Ethel Davis of Semans and was blessed with two children: Rick, now living in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, and Donna, living in New Hazelton, BC. In 1945, Dick bought the retail division of Davis Transport – gas pumps for cars and British American Bulk Farm Sales.The business grew to include farm machinery and car sales. That same year, Dick joined The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 108 and was one of its longest continuous members until his death in 2003. In 1962, Dick and Ethel moved to BC where they ran the Jade Mountain Truck Stop in Chase. They retired to Kelowna, although Dick’s heart never left Semans. He is buried in the Semans Cemetery. FEINDELL, Lewis Leslie WWII Lewis was born on September 20, 1924 in Semans, Saskatchewan, son of Lewis Loval and Alice Feindell. He trained in various parts of Canada before embarking for Britain in May 1943. He underwent further training before joining Flight Lieutenant Guy Gunzi’s crew in late December 1943. He was a MidUpper Gunner in Lancaster LL919 from 619 Squadron, based at Dunholme Lodge near Lincoln, England. On the evening of April 26, 1944, his aircraft was heading for the target of industrial town Schweinfurt in southern Germany. The Lancaster was thought to have been blown off course over a heavily defended area and was shot down by a German nightfighter. Six of the seven crew were killed and were buried in the churchyard of the tiny village of Landéville, north of Chaumont, in eastern France. The fateful Schweinfurt raid was his seventeenth operation. He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. The Operational Wings were awarded posthumously on January 4, 1947.
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