LEST WE FORGET 83 ELLIS, Harry William WWI Harry William Ellis of the 9th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Fort Garry Horses) was born in Sprowston, Norfolk, England on June 10, 1880. His parents were Harry William and Maria (Taylor) Ellis. He immigrated to Canada in 1901 and homesteaded near Bounty, Saskatchewan which was where he was living when he enlisted in Saskatoon on December 29, 1914, at the age of 34. He had previous service with the Norfolk Volunteers. He served in England and France. During the war years, he suffered from chronic stomach inflammation and was hospitalized. Harry was given permission to marry on May 20, 1918. His wife was Gertrude May. Following his discharge on June 4, 1919, Harry returned to Canada with Gertrude aboard the SS Antonia. He identified himself as a farmer who was “going home” to Bounty. He and Gertrude had a daughter Barbara and a son David. Sometime after 1935, the family moved to British Columbia. Gertrude died in 1961. Harry William Ellis had been living for seventeen years in Abbotsford, BC, when he passed away on June 26, 1970, at the age of ninety. His obituary indicates that he was a member of the Chilliwack Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion. At the time, he was survived by his two children, as well as three sisters and a brother in England. FEARNSIDE James WWII James Fearnside was born in Bounty, Saskatchewan on August 1, 1920. His parents, James and Margaret, were married in Aberdeen, Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1905. James had a brother Gordon David and a sister Margaret Isabell. The family moved to Saskatoon in 1933. James attended Caswell School and Saskatoon Technical High School where he was an above average student. He enjoyed football, hockey, and golf. Before enlisting, he worked as a delivery clerk for a Safeway store and at Canada Packers as a cashier. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Saskatoon on February 20, 1941 and was cleared for “full flying duties.” One of his references when he enlisted was J. E. E. Allcock who wrote, “[James] has that happy knack of always doing the right thing at the right time.” He served with RAF Squadron 104 in Britain. Altogether, he put in 289 flying hours.Warrant Officer Fearnside and the crew of a Wellington bomber took off from Luqa on the island of Malta on November 19, 1942. The aircraft was shot down and the crew was reported missing. James Fearnside was laid to rest at Agira Canadian War Cemetery near Enna, Sicily where 491 World War two veterans from the Commonwealth are buried. A Memorial Cross was sent to his parents following his death. His gravestone reads: “Gone but not forgotten.” FARRAR, Harold WWI Harold was born on September 18, 1888, in Nelson, Lancashire, England. He came to Canada in 1904 and filed on a Homestead in the Edmore District where he farmed. He joined the 214th Saskatchewan Battalion in Leslie, Saskatchewan on March 7, 1916 and served in Canada and with the 214th Overseas Battalion C.E.F. After the war he continued to farm in the Edmore District for a number of years before moving to BC.
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