LEST WE FORGET 389 YOUNG, Howard A. WWII Howard was born on December 23, 1923, the third son born to Archie and Maisie (Anderson) Young, who farmed two miles north of Carlyle, Saskatchewan. After he graduated from Carlyle High School, he joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve in 1942. He served on the corvette HMS Stellarton, which convoyed troop ships and destroyers across the North Atlantic. He was discharged at the end of World War II. He returned to Carlyle, and he and Alex Dodds opened the Young & Dodds Insurance Business. Howard & Ron purchased land northeast of Manor for $5.35 an acre with money borrowed from VLA. In 1951, Howard married Audrey Gustafson, and they raised five children: Wayne, Sheila, Dianne, Connie and Tim. Howard passed away in 1998, a victim of cancer. YOUNG, Martin WWII Martin, son of Richard Victor and Emily Caroline Young, was born in Brancepeth, Saskatchewan, in 1922. He joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment and served in England and Europe. He was killed in action on September 24, 1944, and is buried at Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands. YOUNG, James Wesley “Wes” WWII Wes was born on September 11, 1925, to Archie and Maisie (Anderson) Young on the farm that was two miles north of Carlyle. Wes received his education at the Carlyle Schools. In 1942, at the age of seventeen, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy. He served on the corvette HMS Pictou, which conveyed troopships and destroyers across the North Atlantic. Wes was discharged in 1945, and he returned home to help with the farming. He married Nona Hill of Oxbow in 1948, and they had three children: Robert, Debbie and Lorna. Wes rejoined the Navy as a photographer and moved the family to Victoria on Vancouver Island. After being discharged from the Navy, Wes did security work for various government buildings. Wes passed away in 1984.
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