LEST WE FORGET 91 COURCHENE, Wilfred WWII Wilfred was born on March 25, 1915 in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the Army on September 11, 1939 and was posted overseas in 1940 and remained in England until 1943 when he was attached to the Headquarters Staff, third Brigade of 1st Canadian Division in Sicily. In September of the same year, he was transferred to Italy with the same unit where he remained until the end of the Italian Campaign in March 1945. He then served in Holland; from there he was returned to England for repatriation. He was discharged on November 10, 1945. Wilfred passed away on August 18, 1978. CROMARTIE, Peter Andrew WWI Peter was born in 1894. He enlisted with the Army during World War I and served until he was killed in action in 1917. CRANG, William Reginald “Reg” WWII Able Seaman William Reginald Noel Crang was born to Leslie and Ethel Crang on July 3, 1923. The family lived in Wilkie, SK, but later moved to Outlook, SK, where his father worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Reg enlisted in Saskatoon on August 12, 1942 and became a member of the decorated Canadian Motor Torpedo Boat Unit. It involved dangerous work in small boats patrolling, usually at night, for enemy submarines. The flotilla was refueling on the afternoon of February 14, 1945, in Oostende Harbour in Belgium. Fuel spilled onto the water and ignited, demolishing five torpedo boats and killing 62 seamen, including 26 Canadians, many of whom were sleeping aboard the crafts. Reginald Crang, whose body was never recovered, is commemorated at the Halifax Memorial for servicemen lost at sea, and also at the Oostende Naval Memorial. Reginald was survived by his parents and three siblings: Robert, Edith and Ethel.
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