LEST WE FORGET 275 PATERSON, Archibald Laughlan “Archie” WWI Archie was born on December 13, 1889, in Strone, Scotland, at the mouth of the Clyde not far from Dunoon. Around about 1912, he immigrated to Canada following his brother Peter to the rural life of Saskatchewan. Joining Tuxford’s 16th Light Horse in Pense, he moved to Valcartier by October 1914 as part of the 5th Battalion CEF. The 1st Division was rushed into the line for the 2nd Battle of Ypres in April 1915 and the “Red Sasks” held the apex of the Salient against gas and intense fire. Arch was wounded in the eye and evacuated to #13 Stationary Hospital in Boulogne. He rejoined the unit for the Vimy offensive. He was wounded and missing after Festubert. His date of death is May 24, 1915. PAULSON, Joseph Engebrigt “Joel” WWI Joseph Paulson was born on July 13, 1898, in Boyd, Lac qui Parle, Minnesota. His parents were Jakob and Sigrid (Nebben) Paulson. There were six children in the Paulson family when they homesteaded near Kenaston in 1906; twin daughters were later born in Canada. The family settled near Kenaston where Joseph was living and farming when he enlisted in Regina on June 29, 1918, at the age of 20. He embarked for England on July 28, 1918 and arrived at Bramshott on August 16. Like so many other service personnel, he contacted a severe case of influenza (Spanish Flu). He was hospitalized at Number 12 Canadian General Hospital at the Canadian Military Base, Bramshott. Delirious and with a temperature ranging between 100- and 105-degrees Fahrenheit for five days, Joseph Paulson died in hospital on October 5, 1918. He is buried at St. Mary Churchyard, Bramshott, Hampshire, England. His brother Palmer also enlisted in World War I. PATERSON, Peter Campbell WWI Peter was born in Strone, Scotland on July 20, 1886. Immigrating to “open up the west”, he took to the land and homesteaded in Rama, Saskatchewan. He married in 1912. Peter could have continued farming, but when his brother was killed at Vimy, he enlisted leaving behind his young family, Carrie and three children. He joined a reinforcement unit and was posted to the 28th Battalion. Arriving in Flanders in July 1917, he was just in time to enter the fray at Hill 70 near Lens. Moved on to Ypres, his 6th Brigade was in the middle of the third battle for Ypres. They took their objective, Passchendaele, and beyond but artillery was fierce. At roll call, Peter was missing. His date of death is listed as November 6, 1917.
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