LEST WE FORGET 187 JEWITT, Lloyd George WWII Lloyd was born to Reuben William and Mary Estella (McRorie) Jewitt in Kincaid, Saskatchewan on January 24, 1914. He enlisted in the Canadian Army (Active) in World War II and served in Hamilton and Kingston, Ontario. Lloyd died on April 8, 1998, in Beaverlodge, Alberta. JOHNSON, Charles Hedley WWI Charles was born on January 1, 1893, to Ada Mary (Taylor) and Charles Robert Johnson in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. He was the middle sibling of three with an older sister and a younger brother. Charles trained with the Duke of Wellingtons prior to immigrating to Canada in 1912 where he intended to farm. He was employed as a farm labourer in Bruce County, Arran, Ontario for over a year. He went west to Saskatchewan around 1914 and joined the 16th Light Horse (believed to be in Moosomin under the command of James Maxwell Currie). Charles enlisted in Regina on August 19, 1914, but wanting to go over with an earlier contingent, he travelled to Valcartier, Quebec to have his enlistment medical on September 18, 1914, and go overseas with other members of the 16th Light Horse under the leadership of J.M. Currie as part of the 5th B Company. (Captain Currie signed his attestation papers). Charles’ name appears on the 5th Battalion Nominal Roll that sailed aboard the Lapland on October 3, 1914. It was one of the first western cavalry mounted units to be ready in 1914. Charles went to France with the 5th Battalion on October 17, 1914. After only eight months of service, Private Charles Johnson was killed in action on May 24, 1915, one day before James Maxwell Currie was killed at the Battle of Festubert Ridge. Private Johnson, aged 22, was killed “during charge on Redoubt ‘K9’ (a series of trenches), during operations near Festubert” just south of the Ypres Salient where Canadian troops gained little ground and suffered terrible casualties. He is remembered on the Vimy Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. It is believed that he is also the C. Johnson who is named and remembered on the Rocanville Legion cenotaph. His name also appears on the “Bruce County List of Soldiers Killed in World War I”.
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