LEST WE FORGET 67 BIRD, Benjamin Harold WWII Benjamin was born in Tiger Hills, Saskatchewan, in 1912. He joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment and was killed in action at Nieuwpoort on September 11, 1944. He is buried at Adegen Canadian War Cemetery in Belgium. His father and mother, John Edward and Mary Katherine (Halcro) Bird, moved from Poplar Point, first to the Halcro District and then to homestead S.W. 36-45-25W.2. They were first living in a tent while their house was being built. Ben was one of twelve children and attended Harmony School. BIRD, Kenneth WWII Kenneth was born in March 1923 in Kyle, Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the Canadian Army in 1943 and stationed in England and then to Germany as a truck driver transporting troops to Holland and Belgium. He was discharged in 1946, and he and his wife farmed in the Kyle area and raised one daughter. Ken was a member of the Kyle Branch 124 of The Royal Canadian Legion. He passed away in April 2003. BIRD, Chester Alvin WWII Chester was born on May 19, 1919, the eldest son of nine children born to Colin and Caroline Bird of the Tiger Hill District in Saskatchewan. He attended Tiger Hill School and worked for various farmers and relatives, as well as learning to play the violin, guitar, banjo, piano and the organ. He married Marjorie Dubray in 1941 and soon after, he enlisted in the Army with the Royal Canadian Engineer Corps. He trained at Dundurn, SK, Kitchener and Petawawa, ON, then back to Regina where he worked in an office. Chester received his Honourable Discharge in 1945. Marjorie and Chester had nine children. He worked at Churchill for the National Harbor Board in the summers, loading ocean freighters with grain. Chester passed away in 1964 and is buried in St. Saviours Cemetery, southwest of Birch Hills.
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