LEST WE FORGET 195 KELLINGTON, Kenneth Clifton “Ken” WWII Ken was born to Albert and Mary Ellen (Cousins) Kellington on February 20, 1919 in Cottam, ON. He enlisted as Aircraftman on October 2, 1941 in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Windsor, ON. He completed basic training in Toronto, ON and went on to serve in Edmonton, AB; Suffield and Calgary, AB; and Regina, SK. He went overseas to England in September 1944 and to Germany in March 1945 before returning to Lachine, QC where he was released on June 3, 1946. He and his wife, Bess Marchant, went to Mantario, SK where from 1947 to 1983, they owned and operated a general store and he was the postmaster. They retired to Eatonia, SK in 1983. Ken passed away on September 3, 2010. He was a Lifetime Legionnaire. KELLINGTON, Norman Charles WWII Norman was born to Charles and Annie (Mulroney) Kellington on September 29, 1923 in Moose Jaw, SK. He enlisted as Private in the Canadian Army (Active) in Saskatchewan in 1942, served overseas with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and was released in 1946. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Moose Jaw Branch 59. Norman died on October 21, 1986 and is interred in Rosedale Cemetery in Moose Jaw. KELLINGTON, Lloyd George WWII Lloyd was born to James Vines and Anna Laura (McLaughlin) Kellington on November 11, 1916 in Naicam, SK. When World War II broke out, he was working in Sudbury, ON where he married Vera Fox on April 29, 1940. On August 19 that same year, he enlisted as a Trooper in the Canadian Army (Active) and was posted to Britain. With his unit, the 28th Armoured Regiment (the British Columbia Regiment), Lloyd went on the D-Day invasion where he was subsequently declared missing in action and presumed dead on August 9, 1944. He is commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial in Calvados, France and the Ontario geo-memorial, Kellington Lake, near Sudbury, perpetuates Lloyd’s sacrifice.
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