LEST WE FORGET 197 HUGGINS, Frederick William “Fred” WWI Frederick William Huggins was born in Indian Head. His attestment papers state that his date of birth was August 12, 1897. However, his discharge papers on October 16, 1917 indicate that the reason for discharge was “being underage.” In any case, Frederick enlisted as a bugler in Calgary on September 22, 1915. He wished to follow his three older brothers who had enlisted earlier. He sailed from Halifax on May 20, 1916 for Europe aboard the Empress of Britain. Frederick saw action in France. He served two years and sixteen days. After one of his brothers was killed and the other two were injured, his mother, Louisa, petitioned to have Frederick released from the Army. He was discharged on October 16, 1917 and returned to Calgary. He later moved to Outlook when he was transferred by his employer, CPR. HUME, Verl WWII Verl was born on September 10, 1910. When the war broke out, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy and was posted to Newfoundland, where he served as a stoker. He was discharged in 1946 and returned home to Saskatchewan to farm. He purchased the former Doughty farm and in 1947, was hit by lightning while plowing and was killed. HUGHES, Lewis Morris “Lu” WWI Lewis was born in 1895 in London, England, one of the twelve children born to Daniel and Martha Hughes. In 1905, the family immigrated to Maidstone, Saskatchewan. Lu homesteaded nearby at the mouth of the gully at Standard Hill. He served overseas in World War I, joining the 188th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in North Battleford. In 1920, he sold his farm to his parents and moved to British Columbia. He worked and lived in British Columbia and Alberta for the rest of his life. Lu passed away in 1953.
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