LEST WE FORGET 263 MacLEOD, Norman Neynoe WWI Norman was born on December 1, 1893, in Griswold, Manitoba. His parents Kenneth and Alice (Ferguson) MacLeod later homesteaded in the Outlook area. When he enlisted in Moose Jaw on December 18, 1914, Norman was six feet, one inch tall. He listed his occupation as farmer. As a member the Canadian Field Ambulance in France assigned to the 10th Battalion (Canadians), he saw action in some of the heaviest fighting of the war. On November 5, 1915, he suffered a gunshot wound to his neck. After he recovered, he returned to the front line. On April 9, 1917, Norman MacLeod was killed by the concussion from an enemy shell. His battalion was part of the attack on Vimy Ridge. He was 21 years old. Norman Neynoe MacLeod is buried at the Nine Elms Military Cemetery near Thelus, France. The inscription on his tombstone reads: “Our Boy, Not Forgotten.” MARCHAND, George WWII George was born in Elrose, Saskatchewan in 1919. He enlisted with the L.A.A. 67th Battery in Rosetown, returning from overseas in 1946. He took up farming in his home district through the VLA. In 1948, he married Mavis Thomson from the Biggar district, who was teaching at Ivor School. They moved to the town of Elrose where two daughters, Avril and Rhonda, were born. George passed away in 1993. MARCHAND, Deus WWII Deus was born in Elrose, Saskatchewan in 1917. He served with the 67th AntiAircraft Regiment, enlisting in the summer of 1940. He took his basic training at Petawawa, Ontario and went overseas before Christmas of that year. While stationed in Turnhout, Belgium, he met and married Louise Druijts on October 4, 1944. He was with the 1st Canadian, Radar Battery Wksp. He returned to Canada on the Isle de France in July 1946. Deus passed away in 1991.
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