LEST WE FORGET 351 WILSON, George Watson WWII George was born in 1914 in Pleasantdale, educated in Gravelsbourg and Neidpath and was working as a mechanic for Massey Harris when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Saskatoon in late 1939. Sergeant (No. 419 Moose Squadron RCAF aero engine mechanic) George Watson Wilson of Saskatoon died on September 15, 1942, and is buried at St. Nicholas churchyard extension, Cottesmore, Rutland, England.Wilson’s Wellington was on a two-hour oil consumption test when it crashed suddenly in Thursby east of Stamford, Lincolnshire. He was the son of William George Watson and Bertha (Eastwood) Wilson and left a wife, Helen Gertrude (Malcolm) and children Deirarie Mabel and Allan Watson in Saskatoon. WISSER, Wilfred Henry WWII Wilfred was born in Marysburg, Saskatchewan, on December 26, 1922. He enlisted in the Army and served with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa during World War II. He served in the Netherlands and was a translator during the Nuremburg trials. Wilfred passed away on November 5, 2004. WISBEY, Frank Samuel WWI Frank Samuel Wisbey was born on December 26, 1892, in London, England. His parents were Edward and Sarah Wisbey. There were six brothers (including Frank) and three sisters in the family. Frank was farming near Bounty, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in Moose Jaw on February 19, 1916, at the age of 23. He had immigrated to Canada and homesteaded at Bounty. Before arriving in Canada, he had served with the third Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served Canada’s Canadian Expeditionary Force with the 46th Battalion Saskatchewan Regiment, of the Canadian Infantry. His service on the battlefields of northern France resulted in a gunshot wound to his left arm on August 27, 1917. Frank Samuel Wisbey was killed in action on September 28, 1918. He was part of the last hundred days offensive in World War I. Approximately 45,000 Canadian Troops assaulted a formidable 2,300 metre gap at the Canal du Nord. On September 28, Canadian Troops crossed the Canal du Nord and advanced as much as two kilometres in a day of heavy fighting during which Private Wisbey was killed. He is buried at Haynecourt British Cemetery near Cambrai, France. Twenty-one of his comrades from the 46th South Saskatchewan Battalion are buried in the same cemetery. His mother Sarah received the Memorial Cross in his honour on June 25, 1920.
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