LEST WE FORGET 251 MOFFATT, Clifford James WWI Clifford was born to William and Jane (Nancy Jane) Cripps on March 9, 1897 in Perry Sound, Ontario. His father was first married to Sarah Edwards (who died in 1886) so he had four older half-siblings. Clifford had two older sisters and two younger brothers. The family left Ontario and moved to Cambridge (near Welwyn, Saskatchewan) in 1904. Clifford likely attended Cambridge School. He helped farm and enlisted in Brandon on August 28, 1915 (eighteen years and six months old) with the 79th Battalion. He sailed aboard the Lapland on April 24, 1916. He was sent to France on June 7, 1916 with the 1st Canadian Mounted Regiment. He was wounded at Vimy Ridge with a gunshot wound to the left thigh/buttock and was hospitalized at Etaples General Hospital and then on to Bearwood to convalesce from April 20 until mid-June 1917. After returning to France with his unit, on August 11, 1918, Clifford was killed in action: “whilst advancing during operations north-west of Parvillers, he was hit in the heart and right lung and instantly killed by enemy gun fire”. Private Clifford James Moffatt was 21 years old. He is buried at Bouchoir New British Cemetery in Somme, France. Private Moffatt is remembered on the Rocanville and Welwyn cenotaphs. MORGAN, Gordon A. WWII Gordon was born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, in 1921 and enlisted on August 6, 1940 at the age of eighteen with the 76th Battery, 17th Field Regiment serving in Canada, England, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany and was discharged on October 20, 1945. He received the Defence of Britain 19391945 Star and medals for the Italian and European Campaigns and worked at PFRA from 1948 until his retirement. Gordon passed away in 2004. MORGAN, Dewey Carter WWI &WWII Dewey was born in North Clinton, Monroe County, Iowa, USA, on September 15, 1895. He enlisted on May 16, 1918 with the 1st Depot Saskatchewan Regiment CEF 15th Canadian Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces and was discharged on August 3, 1919. He enlisted in World War II at the 1st Depot Battalion 15th Canadian Active Army, Royal Canadian Signal Corps, serving from 1940 until his discharge on October 16, 1946. He farmed in Saskatchewan, north of Pangman, and started a garage and implement dealership, ran the local power plant, and retired in 1960. He received a medal from the Bramshott area athletic association from where he was stationed in England. Dewey passed away on March 23, 1962 and had been a member of the Pangman Branch 180 of The Royal Canadian Legion for thirty years.
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