LEST WE FORGET 175 HUTCHISON, Alfred James WWI Alfred, son of John and Elizabeth Hutchison, was born in Hartney, North Dakota, USA, on September 18, 1894 and moved to the Wawota, Saskatchewan, and farmed with his dad until joining the Army on April 17, 1916 in Wawota. He was sent overseas to England on June 9, 1917 and transferred to the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Saskatchewan Regiment) sometime after November 1917. Jim died of wounds on September 4, 1918 and is buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. HYDE, George Milton WWI Milton was born on September 17, 1897, in Hazelcliff, Saskatchewan to George and Ruth (Millham) Hyde. The family with five children moved to Grenfell in 1900. Following his mother’s death in 1906, Milton moved to Rocanville and lived with his uncle Bill Hyde. Milton enlisted in Virden, Manitoba on February 25, 1916 with the 226th Overseas Battalion. He sailed from Halifax aboard the Olympic on October 13, 1916. He took training in drill, musketry, gas, bomb, wiring, and gunnery but was not sent to France. Milton was granted permission to marry on February 16, 1918 and he married Rose Mary Bagg and was allowed to wear three blue chevrons. On March 9, 1918, he was awarded a Good Conduct Badge. When Milton and Mary arrived back in Rocanville, it was minus 40 degrees, so his bride got quickly introduced to Saskatchewan winters. They bought a house on Pitt Street in Rocanville and raised three children, Alice, Muriel and Bruce. Milton worked in the dray business, had a shoe and harness repair shop, and worked as a carpenter, brick layer and odd jobs. He was one of the first “production” employees at Symons Metalwork in 1922. He was also the janitor of the TD Bank, Farmer’s Building and the Legion rooms. “One reminder of Milton’s work was the construction of the new memorial beside the Legion Hall.” He was a long-time Legion member and active in the I.O.O.F. Lodge as well as the Anglican Church. Milton passed away on September 19, 1974 in Moosomin Union Hospital and he is buried at Webster Cemetery in Rocanville.
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