LEST WE FORGET 57 ALLEN, Robert WWI Bob was born in 1886 in County Donegal, Ireland, and came with his brother, Jack, in 1912 to work at Conquest, Saskatchewan. In 1914, he joined the CEF going overseas building bridges and preparing roadways. After the war ended, he visited Ireland and he married Hilda Robinson in Londonderry, Ireland, on February 13, 1919, and they came to Canada where he filed for homesteads in the White Fox area and raised a family of four children. Their closest neighbours were his brother, Jack, and Jim Hunter. In 1953, they sold the land and moved to Surrey, British Columbia. Hilda passed away in 1959. Bob returned in 1972 and passed away at Pineview Lodge in Nipawin. ANDREWS, David Roy WWI David was born on December 15, 1889, in Emerson, Manitoba, one of nine siblings. His parents were James and Mary (Dillabough) Andrews. When he enlisted, as a 26-year-old bachelor, with the 128th Overseas Battalion in Moose Jaw on December 22, 1915, he was living in Outlook. His occupation was an engineer, although he was working as a farmer at the time. David listed 14 months of previous military experience with the Permanent Home Guard. Well known Outlook physician Dr. Drinnan declared him medically fit. After basic training, he left Halifax aboard the SS Grampion on September 15, 1916. Private Andrews served in France for 22 months and suffered a gunshot wound to his right chest on May 6, 1918. Like so many other front-line soldiers, he contracted trench mouth. He arrived home in Canada from the war on November 1, 1919, and was discharged on the same day. David was awarded a Good Conduct Badge. His demobilization papers suggested that he intended to live in Carman, MB. He married Aileen Ethel Macleod on August 13, 1920, in Brandon, MB. The couple had a daughter Dorothy and a son James. He and Ethel had been living in Victoria, BC, for five years when he passed away on December 30, 1951, at the age of 61. David is buried in the Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC. ALLINGHAM, John Hartley WWII Hartley was born in Young, Saskatchewan, on May 31, 1918. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on September 22, 1941 and served in Canada, England, France and Germany. He was a mechanic in the air crew of Spitfire Wing #144, the first one to operate from French soil after the D-Day landing in Normandy. He was awarded the usual service medals, along with the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Ribbon and Maple Leaf. Hartley was discharged from the service on October 9, 1945 and returned to the family farm and was a member in good standing with The Royal Canadian Legion for 47 years; 23 years with the Young-Zelma Branch 358, and then transferred to the Kelowna Branch 26 for 24 years. Hartley passed away on May 1, 1996 in Kelowna, British Columbia.
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