LEST WE FORGET 197 KELLINGTON, Raymond Winston “Ray” WWII Ray was born to Herb and Elsie (Jamieson) Kellington on September 9, 1924 in Naicam, SK. He enlisted as Private in the Canadian Army (Active) in Regina, SK on October 26, 1943 and was posted overseas to the Calgary Highlanders in Britain. He went with his regiment into Northwest Europe where he was wounded in action on February 27, 1945. Ray was released on demobilization in Regina on November 30, 1945 and is recorded in the regiment’s history, “Battalion of Heroes”. Ray died in Tumbler Ridge, BC on April 10, 1986. KELLINGTON, Robert Thomas “Bert” WWI Bert was born on July 3, 1889 in Ringwood, ON to Daniel David and Elizabeth (Tinney) Kellington. He was enrolled as a Private on June 20, 1918 with the Eastern Ontario Regiment at Barriefield, ON and was posted to the Canadian Machine Gun Depot in Seaford, England that same year. At war’s end, he returned to Halifax, NS and was released as a Corporal on June 25, 1919. He took up a Saskatchewan homestead near Robinhood and farmed there the rest of his life. Bert passed away on December 3, 1959 and is interred in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Robinhood. KELLINGTON, Robert “Bob” WWI Bob was born on January 11, 1886, in Brussels, Ontario to Matthew and Alice (Hodges) Kellington. He was farming in Saskatchewan’s Ettington district when on May 31, 1918 in Regina, SK, he enlisted as a Private with the Saskatchewan Regiment. He served in the Depot Battalion and with the regiment’s Company C in Moose Jaw. At demobilization, he was released on January 28, 1919 and went to British Columbia to join an older brother. Bob spent the rest of his life lumbering in the Port Hardy area and he died on February 14, 1952 in Vancouver, BC. He is interred in the Veteran’s Field of Honour in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Vancouver.
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