LEST WE FORGET 163 FLAVELL, Ernest John “E. J.” WWI &WWII E. J. was born in England in 1894, the youngest son of Joe Flavell. He came to the Marieton area as a young man with brother George and sister Mickey. Another brother Alfred and sister Annie stayed with parents in England. The family worked at various farms until World War I. George was killed in action and buried overseas. E. J. met and married Minnie, an English nurse. They returned to Marieton to farm land purchased from a family named Stull. The SE 6-23-22 is still called E. J.’s quarter. E. J. joined the army again in World War II with an officer commission. He was in charge of transporting prisoners-of-war from Halifax to Medicine Hat. His sister Mickey married George Fox in 1935 where they farmed until the early 1940’s, moving to Turner Valley where he was in charge of patrolling newly laid gas pipe-lines. E. J. and Minnie moved to Lethbridge after the war where he was employed in the nursery greenhouse at the experimental farm until his retirement. He passed his remaining years as a hobby gardener in Lethbridge. E. J. passed away in 1963. FLEMING, Robert A. WWII Robert Fleming was born in 1915 moving with his family to Elrose, Saskatchewan in 1927. He served in the Canadian Army in World War II and was discharged in 1945. He and his wife Mickey together had thirteen children. They resided in Saskatoon at the time of his passing. FLAVELL, George Benjamin WWI George was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England in 1889. He served in the Army with the 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Quebec Regiment in France and in England during World War I. Private George Flavell was killed in action in 1916 during an intense enemy bombardment of his position near Courcelette. He is buried at the Vimy department of Pas-de-Calais, France.
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