LEST WE FORGET 47 AGNEW, Charles Roy WWII Charles was born in 1917 in the Coolidge District of Saskatchewan, where he went to school. He joined the Army in 1940 and served first in Canada and then in the Artillery in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was injured in Germany and returned to Canada on a hospital ship. He was hospitalized and then went back to Birch Hills to live with his parents and farm. Charles passed away in 1990. ALLAN, Lessel WWI Lessel was born in Lumsden, Scotland, in 1890. He enlisted in 1916 with the 116th Saskatchewan Battalion and transferred to the 58th Battalion, serving in England and France. He married Isabella Mutch in Scotland in 1916. He was wounded at Arras, France, in August 1918 and spent four years in hospital in England, Winnipeg and Moose Jaw. After the war, he farmed in the Florentine district in Saskatchewan, and raised three boys and three girls. Lessel belonged to the Tisdale Legion Branch 50 for many years. He passed away at Sherbrooke Nursing Home in Saskatoon in 1981 at the age of 91. ALEXANDER, David James Heslop WWII David was born in Wheatstone, Saskatchewan, on April 15, 1922. He joined the NRMA, 1st Battalion Rocky Mountain Rangers, North Nova Scotia Highlanders on January 8, 1943 serving in Canada, Kiska, Britain and Northern Continental Europe. He was wounded at the Falaise Gap on September 17, 1944. While recuperating, he wrote a poem “The Fighting North Novas.” He married in Scotland and was discharged on March 22, 1946, returning to Canada to farm. David and his sons received the Saskatchewan Angus Gold Show Commercial Producer Award in 1996. He passed away on March 8, 2001.
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