LEST WE FORGET 375 WILKES, Melvin Frederick WWII Melvin was born in 1921 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. He joined as an Infantryman in the South Saskatchewan Unit in World War II. He served in England, Normandy, France, Belgium, Germany and Holland. He was a Life Member of The Royal Canadian Legion Lloydminster Branch 39. Melvin passed away in 2004. WILSON, Charles Albert WWI Charles Albert Wilson had a short career in the military. When he enlisted in Saskatoon on March 27, 1916 with the 96th Battalion Canadian Highlanders, he testified that he was born in Perth, Ontario on June 24, 1898 making him eighteen years old. In fact, he was born in Perth, Ontario on June 20, 1900, the eleventh child of Edward Kerr and Mary Ann (Lee) Wilson. He stated that he was a farmer, which was true. He was sent to Camp Hughes in Manitoba for basic training. On June 22, 1916, he was discharged because he was underage and ‘physically weak.’ In total, he served 87 days. Tragically, he died 139 days after his discharge, on November 8, 1916. Charles Albert Wilson is buried in the Fertile Valley Cemetery near Conquest. WILLIAMSON, Hilton H. WWI Hilton was born in Janatt, Ontario on September 13, 1890. He came to the Silton, Saskatchewan area to work as farm hand for his uncle Charles Baird. He enlisted in the Army on March 26, 1915 in Regina, Saskatchewan. Private Hilton H. Williamson, aged 26, was killed in action on October 9, 1916 at The Somme in France. His body was never recovered. There is a headstone at Adanac Military Cemetery in Miraumont and is remembered on a stained glass memorial window in at the United Church in Silton, Saskatchewan.
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