LEST WE FORGET 65 BATTAGEL, Ronald Rinaldo WWI Ronald was born in Bristol, England on July 29, 1890. His father was Joseph Battagel. When he enlisted in Saskatoon on May 31, 1916, he was 25 years old and living in Gray, Saskatchewan. Ronald Battagel is listed in the Conquest World War I Honour Roll, although his name is misspelled as Baddagel. After training at Camp Hughes, he embarked from Halifax on January 9, 1917 and was sent to France on June 18, 1917. Attached to the 3rd Battalion of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, he suffered a gunshot wound to his right knee on October 31, 1917. Ronald Battagel was killed in action on August 14, 1918 during the Battle of Amiens. He was 29 years old. His file states: “During operations in front of Parvillers, this soldier was killed almost instantly by an enemy shell.” He is buried in Bouchoir New British Cemetery near Somme, France. His gravestone reads: “Give unto him, oh Lord, Requiescat in Pace.” Ronald Battagel’s name appears on his school’s Roll of Honour in Bristol, England. BEAVIS, Allingham Milford “Ford” WWI Allingham Milford (Ford) Beavis, then twenty years old, listed his trade as ‘miscellaneous’ in his attestment papers when he joined the Royal Flying Corp in Winnipeg on May 16, 1918. He had enlisted in the CEF on November 17, 1917 but requested a discharge so he could join the Royal Air Force. Ford, as he was popularly called, was a man of many talents, including a bigger-than-life personality. He listed his address as Bratton where his father Reverend Reuben Benjamin Beavis and his mother Christina were living. Ford was born in Hurley, North Dakota on September 1, 1897 and moved with the family to Saskatchewan. He never saw service overseas. Ford married Hazel Irene Horn on January 8, 1930 in Conquest. They had four children: Robert Bruce, Dale Maxwell, Barrie and Beverley. Ford owned several successful businesses and had farming interests in Conquest, Surbiton and Milden areas. He died at his Saskatoon home on November 30, 1964. Cam McKenzie, a popular columnist for a Saskatoon daily paper, wrote this about Ford Beavis: “He was a man who had a full life, a successful life, a good portion of which was devoted to helping people, something he really appreciated doing.” He is buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. BAUCHE, John Joseph “Jean” WWII John was born on December 1, 1919, in Grande Clairiere and joined the Army as an anti-aircraft gunner serving in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and St. John’s, Newfoundland for seventeen months. He passed away on October 22, 1987, in Redvers, Saskatchewan.
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