LEST WE FORGET 361 WARLOW, Douglas Edgar WWI Douglas was born in Carman, Manitoba on May 25, 1896. His parents were Arthur and Olivie Ann (Bush) Warlow. He was living in Ardath at the time of his enlistment in Saskatoon on July 5, 1917 with the 1st Depot Saskatchewan Regiment. He was 21 years old and single at the time but intended to marry soon. Like many of his military comrades from Saskatchewan, he was a farmer. He left for service overseas from Halifax on February 21, 1918 aboard the Saxonia. By May, he was fighting in France with the 28th Battalion. His battalion was part of a major turning point in the war, the Battle of Amiens. By the end of August 1918, 50,000 enemy troops had been captured and the German army had been driven from its defensive positions. On August 13, 1918, Douglas Warlow suffered a shrapnel wound to his back. The doctor advised not removing a piece of shrapnel which was lodged behind the vertebrae. By October the wound had healed, and Douglas left the hospital in Epsom and returned to the front lines. On December 23, 1918, he was injured by a bullet wound to his windpipe which left a permanent scar. He returned to Canada on December 23, 1918. When he was discharged in Regina on February 4, 1919, he still had the shrapnel in his back. Douglas married Annie Grace Hartling from Nova Scotia. They had a son, Don Jr. Following their marriage, the couple farmed in the Ardath area for a number of years before moving to Carragana, Saskatchewan. The British Columbia Archives recorded the death of Douglas Edgar Warlow in Vancouver on January 3, 1968, at the age of 73. He is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Hope, BC. WATERLOW (WATERLOO), Eric P. WWI Eric was born in Marylebone, Middlesex, England on November 4, 1893, to Herbert and Mary Waterlow. They came to Canada in 1913. He originally joined the 3rd Division Cavalry on December 29, 1914, in Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1916, he married Alice Stevens in Regina. His occupation was listed as “plasterer”. He returned to England and received Royal Aero Club Aviators certificate on June 8, 1917. He served in Belgium with the Royal Flying Corps 25th Squadron. On July 16, 1918, at the age of 25, Captain Eric P. Waterlow M.C. (Military Cross), D.F.C. (Distinguished Flying Cross) was killed in action over Belgium. He is buried at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery in Belgium. He is remembered on a stained glass memorial window at the United Church in Silton, Saskatchewan.
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