LEST WE FORGET 297 PRINCE, George Taylor BOERWAR &WWI George was born in Parwich, England in 1877. In 1902, he joined the Sherwood Forest Derbyshire Regiment and served with the 32nd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. He was sent to Cape Town, South Africa and was a blacksmith and farrier for the Cavalry. He was discharged on January 14, 1903 and he went to Canada in 1904. In 1908, he went back to England, got married to Sarah Mellon and came back to Canada. Things were rough in the earlier years but they stuck it out. They farmed and raised a family of ten children. George passed away in 1963. He was a Life Member of Wadena Branch 62 of The Royal Canadian Legion in Saskatchewan. PRINCE, John William “Jack” WWII Jack was born in 1918, the fifth child born to George and Sarah Prince of Kuroki, Saskatchewan. Jack enlisted with the Army in 1940, did his basic training at Dundurn, Saskatchewan and was then sent to Prince Albert, where he served with the Prince Albert Volunteers as a driver mechanic. He was sent for further training to Nanaimo and Tofino on Vancouver Island and to other centres.While in Canada, he was promoted to Corporal. Jack served in Canada and England, was discharged in 1946 and returned to Canada in 1947 when he married Anna Pawluk. Jack and Anna had three daughters and a son. Jack was able to get a loan from the Veterans’ Land Act and farmed for 55 years. John was a Life Member of RCLWadena Branch 62. Jack passed away in 2003. PRINCE, James Henry BOERWAR &WWI James was born in Parwich, England in 1876. As a young man, when the Boer War broke out, he joined the Sherwood Forest Derbyshire Regiment. After a short training period, he was sent to Cape Town, South Africa and stayed in the Army until the war ended in 1903. He returned to England and married Elsie West in Sudbury, England. Shortly after, he went with his brother, George, to Canada. The situation in the early 1910s in prairie province meant a lot of hard work, cutting down trees to build a home, no power, and no telephones. But they endured, clearing bush for farming. After about seven years, his wife, Elsie, came out. They had no family. Jim passed away in 1950. He was a Life Member of Wadena Branch 62 of The Royal Canadian Legion in Saskatchewan.
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