LEST WE FORGET 207 KIVELL, Edgar Ivan WWI Edgar was born on November 26, 1896, in the Montgomery district near Kennedy, Saskatchewan. There were five children in the family with two older sisters and three boys all born in the Fletwode district. He was the second oldest of three Kivell brothers and was red-haired and was the leader. The Kivell parents, John and Lilly, died when the boys were young and the brothers were separated so Ed grew up working for an uncle. Ed was friends with the Tooke brothers in Fletwode district and he and his brothers stayed with Mrs. Tooke in Moosomin after walking from Kennedy to Moosomin to enlist on December 21, 1914 with the 10th CMR. While training, Ed was boxing champion of his unit. He left Halifax with the 10th CMR aboard the SS Olympic on April 29, 1916. He was with the Canadian Light Horse when he was sent to France on August 12, 1916 but was promoted to the 1st Canadian Motor Division in May 1917. Ed soon transferred back to his brothers with the Canadian Light Horse. On July 12, 1918, he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre for distinguished service (London Gazette #30792). He was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds to the thigh on September 4, 1918. According to his family, Ed had his horse shot out from under him several times. He was awarded a Military medal on June 17, 1919 (L.G. 31227). He was made Lance Corporal on January 19, 1919. Ed served from August 1916 until March 1, 1919 in Belgium and France. Ed sailed back to Canada on the Belgic on April 16, 1919 and was discharged in Toronto on April 30, 1919. He returned to the Moosomin area and farmed in the Stanley district except for three years when he worked for a car factory in Pontiac, Michigan. He married Eleanor Mossman, a teacher at Stanley School, in 1927, and they had two daughters, Annette and Lenore, and a son, Lisle. Ed retired from farming in 1957 and was Manager of the Moosomin Credit Union until his death on October 8, 1963. Ed was a Charter Member of The Royal Canadian Legion Moosomin Branch. He is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Moosomin. KIVELL, Merrill Cuthbert “Bert” WWI Bert was born in the Montgomery district near Kennedy, Saskatchewan on September 25, 1897 (family records show 1898) to Lilly Law and John Nancekivell. He was the youngest child in the family with two older sisters and two older brothers. Both parents died when the three boys were quite young and they were split up. Bert worked for two different uncles in the Fletwode district near Kennedy. Bert was only 5’4” and was underage when he walked from Kennedy to Moosomin with his two older brothers to enlist in the 10th CMR in December 1914. Unsuccessful due to his age, he adjusted his birth year when he enlisted in Regina on November 24, 1915 with the 68th Overseas Battalion. Bert was only seventeen years of age, had light blonde hair, and had an easy-going personality. He managed to get transferred to the10th CMR so he could leave Halifax aboard the SS Olympic with his brothers on April 28, 1916. All three Kivells served in France with the Canadian Light Horse from August 12, 1916 to March 5, 1919. Bert was granted several leaves (to Paris) and was in hospital with Influenza on September 18, 1918. He sailed back to Canada on the Belgic on April 16, 1919. He married Frances Ellen Griffith and had a daughter, Celia Phyllis, and a son, Armand Law. His wife passed away in 1931 inYorkton. Bert and his children relocated to Winnipeg and he remarried Gladys Leona Brown. Bert worked as a vacuum cleaner salesman in Winnipeg and another daughter, Sherrie, was added to the family. Bert passed away on January 28, 1991, at the age of 92 in Vancouver and is buried at Valley View Memorial Gardens in Surrey, BC.
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