LEST WE FORGET 207 MURRAY, Fred L. WWII Fred was born in Earl Grey, Saskatchewan, in 1918. He enlisted in the 1st Ordnance Field Park on January 4, 1940, and served in England, where he met and married his wife, Betty. He was discharged on November 1, 1945, and returned to civilian life. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the Defence Medal. Fred was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion for 35 years before he passed away in 1994. NAYLOR, James Maurice WWII James was born in Hawarden, Saskatchewan, in 1920, to Harry and Grace Naylor, who emigrated from Iowa. They farmed there and then moved to a farm two miles south of Bitch Hills. The children went to school in Birch Hills. James enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war, he attended University and attained his doctorate in Madison, Wisconsin. He returned to Saskatoon, where he worked in research and as a professor of Biology. James passed away suddenly in 1984, at the age of 64. MURRAY, Robert Gerrie WWI Robert was born on September 8, 1892, at Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, arrived in Canada in 1910, and settled in Leross, SK. He enlisted in the Army in 1915 in Saskatoon and was a Sapper in the Engineers with the 7th Field Company. After serving mostly overseas for three years, he returned to Winnipeg in 1918, and brought back his best friend’s belongings to his family. He married his best friend’s sister, Agnes, in 1921, and they lived in Winnipeg, where Robert worked for Grand Trunk Pacific CNR as a mechanic for five years. He returned to Leross with his wife and three children, bought land south of Leross and raised a family of ten children. He farmed until 1952, and then retired to Red Deer, AB. Robert passed away in 1972.
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