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Estevan
Saskatchewan
Canada

 

 IN  MEMORIAM
 WWI  -  WWII
 Military Graves

 

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Location: NW 1/4, Section 27- Township 2- Range 8- West 2nd Meridian

All Below in Section 8, Plot 1, Estevan City Cemetery

 

 


George Thomas Green
b- Apr 17, 1914 in Estevan
d- June 8, 1995, Age 81
Captain with the S.L.I.
Son of Thomas Green
 and Wanda, nee Kraft
Spouse Evelyn McMillan

Arthur Jessie
b- 1887
d- 1972

Henry Lagberg
b- Aug 16, 1920 in Estevan
d- Monday, Dec 11, 2006, age 86
in Medicine Hat AB
Private
Canadian Army
with the
South Saskatchewan Regiment
from 1939 - 1945.
He was involved with the raid
at Dieppe and was a prisoner
of war for 2 1/2 years.

Adam Joseph Frank
b- 1923
d- Apr 15, 2004, age 81
Sec 8, Plot 2, Lot 1
husband of Louise Gervais
Lived at
622 3rd Street in Estevan
Lance-Corporal
Service Number: L61811
Canadian Provost Corps Unit, WWII


 


Cecil Lorne Hitchcock
b- 1921
d-
Thursday Dec. 14, 2006
Age 85
Svc #L17087
10th Field Ambulance,
 Royal Canadian Army
 Medical Corps and
Royal Canadian Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers,
served overseas during
World War II
in the Canadian Army
from September 1939
to February 1946,
also served in Italy
Son of
James Raymond Hitchcock
and Edna Emelia Norris

Edward S. Walton
b- 1915
d- Nov 4, 2005, age 90
Svc # H59112
Lance-Corporal
Canadian Provost Corps, WWII

Jack Daniel Leniczek
b-1919
d- Jan 20, 2006, age 86
Sec 8, Plot 1, Lot 4
Gunner, 15th Field Regiment
Svc #L56011
Jack and his 15th Field Regiment
of the Royal Canadian Artillery
landed on Juno Beach July 26, 1944,
six weeks after D-Day.
Recipient of the Normandy Medal
and the Holland Medal

William (Bill) Thomas Green
b- Aug 2, 1915 in Estevan
d- Nov 7, 1985
Flt/Sgt
served with the R.C.A.F.
 as a Dental Technician
Son of Thomas Green
 and Wanda, nee Kraft
Attended ECI

James "Jim" Stewart
b- ca 1921, UK
d- July 29, 1942, age 21
Leading Aircraftman
Svc #1550825.
RAF Volunteer Reserve
Anson N8528.
Son of
John and Agnes W. Stewart
of Glasgow, Scotland.
Sec. 8. Plot 1. Lot 1
Jim Stewart's Funeral Procession

Wilfred Cant
b- bet Sept-Dec 1922
Lancester Reg Dist.,
 County Durham,England
d- July 29, 1942, Age 19
Svc #1094923
Aircraftman 1st Class
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Sec. 8. Plot 1. Lot 11
Son of Robert Cant
and Mary nee Walton,
of Leadgate,
 Co. Durham, England
Sec. 8. Plot 1. Lot 11

Stanley Harold Walker
b- Aug 1, 1910
d- July 9, 1943, Age 23
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Svc # 945248
Grandson of
David and Mary Hannah Walker,
of Sedgefield,
 Co. Durham, England
Sec. 8. Plot 1. Lot 9

Frank Lawton
b- ca 1911
d- Jul 19, 1943, Age 32
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Svc #1206221
Son of John and
Lydia Lawton,
 of Smallthorne,
 Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Sec. 8. Plot 1. Lot 8

Norman Kingsley Riley
b- bet July-Sept 1909,
Chorlton District,
Lancashire, England
d- July 29, 1943, age 33
Leading Aircraftman
Svc# 1031595
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Anson 8532.
Son of William and Annie Riley,
of Heaton Chapel,
Stockport, Cheshire, England
husband of Doris Riley
of Heaton Moor,
Stockport, England.
Sec. 8. Plot 34. Lot 12

Benjamin Cox
b- ca 1921
d- July 29, 1943, age 22
Leading Aircraftman
Svc# 1426137
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Anson 8532.
Son of George and
Gertrude Amelia Cox
 of Leicester, England;
husband of Mabel Cox
 of Leicester.
Sec.8. Plot.34. Lot.11.

Joseph Wallace Bancroft
b- bet July-Sept 1921
d- July 29, 1943, age 22
Flying Officer
Svc #124681
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Anson 3582.
Son of Albert Bancroft and
Annie (nee Casstles)
 of Cross Hills,
Yorkshire, England.
Sec.8. Plot.34. Lot.10

Philip Raymond Sayers
b- bet Apr-Mar 1911,
Steyning District,
Sussex, England
d- July 29, 1943, age 32
Leading Aircraftman
Svc# 1384788
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Anson 3582.
Son of Samuel Henry and
Maria Elizabeth Eleanor Sayers;
husband of Joan Adelaide Sayers
of Long Itchington,
Warwickshire, England.
Sec. 8. Plot 34. Lot 8.

William Daniel Thomas
b- ca 1921
d- Dec 12, 1943, age 22
Svc #1416529
RAF Aircraftman 1st Class
Svc # 1416529
Son of William John
 and Hannah Thomas,
of Bynea,
Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Sec. 8. Plot 34. Lot 7

Eric Lucas
b- bet Apr-June 1914
Bury District,
Lancashire, England
d- July 29, 1943, age 29
Flight Sergeant
Svc #564274
RAF
Anson 3582.
Son of Albert Lucas and
Marion (nee Burrell)
of Aston-under-Lyne,
Lancashire, England.
Sec.8. Plot.34. Lot.9
 

photo courtesy Mark Lucas
Eric's Great Nephew


Charles Percy Anken
b- bet Sept -Dec 1919
Wandsworth Reg. District.
d- July 28, 1943, age 24
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Svc #939146
Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred William Anken,
(mother nee Chitty)
of Battersea,
London, England;
husband of
Doris Harriett Irene Anken,
of Battersea Rise, London
Sec. 8. Plot 1. Lot 7.

 


John Rochester Boiston
b- Mar 22, 1920,
in Gillingham, Kent, UK
d- July 29, 1942, age 22
Pilot Officer
Svc #129507
RAF Volunteer Reserve
Sec 8, Plot 1, Lot 12

Part of No. 38 Service
Flying Training School (RAF)
based in Estevan.
Killed in a De Havilland D.H.82C2
Menasco Tiger Moth 4873 biplane
accident at 11 AM,
on July 29, 1942.

Extra info below,
and his Picture above,
from his niece, Dec 2, 2009,
Carolyn Boiston Wheeler:

John was the Son of Lt. Cdr.
 William Rochester Boiston
W.R. Boiston (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carolyn Boiston Wheeler)
MBE DSM RN
and Edith Boiston (nee Bradford)
John was born in Gillingham, Kent
(16 Holmside)
on 22 March 1920
Third child, and only son
of the above couple.
Carolyn's mother Dorothy Boiston
was John's elder sister.

John went to Sir Joseph Williamson's
Mathematical School in Rochester, Kent, UK
and is shown on their memorial website
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/RochesterMathematicalSchool.html
 

Steve Fedyk
b-1928
in Frobisher area, Farm House
d- Friday, July 25, 2008
Served 5 years in the Navy,
 Korean War

 


Kenneth Appleby
b- 1922
d- 2002

Please Note-
there are more
military headstones
than pictured here.
Next trip to Estevan
I will photograph the rest.

If you have photos of these men
or extra info,
please send them along to me
and I will be glad to add them here.

 

 

 

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