LEST WE FORGET 333 TAYLOR, William WWII William was born in Nottingham, Saskatchewan, in 1920. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force training in several bases in Canada, performing all of his duties with courage and honour, and was due a promotion at the time of his death in 1944, when he was granted the title of Pilot Officer. On the 50th anniversary of the plane crash when William and his crew lost their lives, two of his sisters, a brother and a niece, along with an English family who had lost a brother, travelled to the French burial site. In the quiet little village of Hilsenhiem, the Steydli families had lovingly maintained the graves of these fallen airmen all through the years. In a beautiful section of the cemetery, the graves were side by side. The greeting these French families gave the visitors from Canada and England has created a wonderful and enduring friendship. Sometimes good can flow from otherwise very sad situations. TERRY, Virgil “Dode” WWII Virgil was born in Strang, Nebraska, USA, in 1911. He joined the 426 Bomber Group in 1942 and was discharged in 1945. He homesteaded in the Pine Torch District and had a trap line for many years and wrote a book full of poems about his experiences as a trapper. He passed away on January 10, 2006. TERRY, Herbert Leroy WWII Herbert was born in Marmara, Ontario, in 1901. He joined the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps serving in Canada. He passed away in 1975.
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