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Letters from the front at Vimy Ridge
Reprinted from the June 7, 1917 edition of the Yorkton Enterprise.
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Pte. Freeman of No. 2 Company, 1st Canadian Labor Battalion writes interestingly of the work of this branch of the service in recent letters received by his wife Mrs. Freeman of Yorkton. In his last letter this company was fixing railways after the retreating Huns who destroyed everything possible as they withdrew. They removed the furniture from the houses and cut down thousands of fruit trees in the gardens, the only thing in tact in the whole countryside was a statue of the Virgin Mary which still stood among the ruins of a fine old church. For two days the company rode in stock cars through the battlefields of France with their carefully tended graveyards. The destruction was indescribable. In a city that was occupied a short time ago by the Germans not an undamaged house now remains. The streets are full of rubbish as if an earthquake had visited it. Pte. Freeman, describing a battlefield he visited recently, says, “It is and awful sight, shell holes big enough to drop a small house into, with broken rifles and bayonets, helmets (British, French and German), barb wire entanglements, shells, cartridges and bombs of all kinds everywhere. Mess tins and water bottles, uniforms torn to shreds lay scattered about. In a little village close to the battlefield, beaten almost to dust, I found a child’s cot and the little boots the child wore.”
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Chief Zeats is in receipt of a letter from Corp. Bossworth, of the 31st Battalion, in which he refers most interestingly to the Vimy Ridge offensive, and the need for more men. He writes: “Well, Theo, it is rather late in the day for me to say anything about the exploits of the Canadian boys, which commenced in the early hours of Easter Monday morning, because you will have read all about it in your own press. How they done what was thought at one time to be impossible, took Vimy Ridge from the enemy. Easter Monday was a great day for Canada, and one she may well be proud of. Even the British press, which formerly has not been very lavish with praise for the Canadians, condescended to mention their existence. Now, Theo, we cannot keep going into these scraps without having casualties and they must be replaced. We have the guns and ammunition but need men, so do all in your power to speed up recruiting, because the more men we get and the sooner we get them, the sooner the war will be over and the boys back home again.
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no doubt have been exceedingly monotonous had it not been for a half hour of physical jerks morning and afternoon. This life, however, was too good to last, and finally, at the end of ‘five days’ journey we arrived in Halifax. From that on I can merely describe our trips as miserable and nothing else. We were loaded onto the boat about 4 in the evening and set sail at six. The first evening was spent in walking, or rather, trying to walk up and down the deck. We would grab frantically at everything which came within our reach and, upon letting it go again would fall in heaps upon the deck. Finally, however, we got our “sea-legs” and were able to walk up and down and still possess our equilibrium.
THE VOYAGE
On the second day of our voyage matters began to get interesting and it was quite a common occurrence to see a number of our heroic lads “feeding the fishes.” It was all very well for me to amuse myself watching them, because as yet I have not had the experience of being sea sick, but I guess it is not such a pleasant sensation when one has it. I will hasten over the remainder of our voyage on the sea, because it is one of which I do not think. Rather let me come to the description of our arrival in England. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, on the eleventh of November, when we sailed up the Mersey River and pulled into Liverpool Harbor. We stayed on board all day and about six o’clock we disembarked. The English trains were the next thing which excited our curiosity, but I will not go into detail concerning them, as you no doubt know more about them already than you could gather from any description of mine. Finally, about eight o’clock, after the usual waiting around which is the main feature of the army, we were loaded on to the train, bag and baggage, eight men to a section. As yet, by the way, none of us had the slightest idea of where we were going and none of us did know either until after a run of seven hours we landed in the little town of Seaford, where as you know, J.P. Weinmeister and I spent the remainder of our time in England, though the Battalion has since moved to Bramshott. Continued on Page C3
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FROM CAMP HUGHES TO VIMY RIDGE
Pte. Pat Gleason, who until his enlistment was a student at the Yorkton Collegiate, describes in detail his experiences from the time he left Camp Hughes until he was wounded during the Vimy Ridge offensive. The letter was written Principal Finlay and in it Pte. Gleason refers to a number of companions, former Collegiate students: The trip from Camp Hughes to Halifax was the most pleasant time, in my opinion, that we have had since we joined Sam Hughes’ army. At Winnipeg we were supplied with enough eatables and cigars to last us throughout the train journey. The days were spent in reading, writing letters, eating, smoking, and while doing the latter, gazing out the windows. This would
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BRAMSHOTT CAMP
We were placed in huts about twenty feet wide and fifty feet long, electric lighted and having a comfortable coal stove in the center and on one side. In these we were quite comfortable as there were only between 25 and 30 of us to a hut, and we had plenty of room. Each day a hut-orderly was appointed to keep the hut clean and to carry coal. As to what we were fed I would rather say nothing, but the “how” I will describe to the best of my ability. Each day, two mess-orderlies were appointed. These, unlike the hut-orderly, were not excused from parades, but their duty was to go to the cookhouse and bring the meals, also serve them out, seeing that each one got his proper share. As to our recreations and amusements while in England. They were very few, as we were in quarantine the greater part of the time and in C.B. the rest of the time. Our only amusements while in quarantine were card playing and dancing. Church parades were also perforce neglected on account of the quarantine, which bound us in on all sides like a barbed wire entanglement. I forgot to mention that before going into quarantine our invincible four, Homer (Finlay), Mac (McDougall), J.P. (Weinmeister), and yours truly, was split for the first time by the loss of Mac, who left to take the officers’ training course. Later on Homer started the course also, but he remained with us, and he and I were bed-mates until J.P. and I left for France. This second split took place on the first of February when my chum and I were drafted across to France. This trip and the events leading up to it, I will endeavor to describe in the next paragraph. One Monday afternoon, the 29th of January, I believe, we went to the ranges, and in the evening, on our return to camp we discovered that a draft was picked to send across the channel, and of course we immediately hastened to discover who had been picked. To our great disappointment we found that “J.P.” was the only one of our bunch on the list. Accordingly, Homer, Finlay and I went and interviewed the adjutant in regard to the matter, and that worthy gentleman was good enough to add my name to the list, but Homer, not having musketry, had to be left behind.
up to the front on a working party. I can’t describe my feelings on entering the trenches for the first time, but it would be folly to say that I wasn’t “scared” because I was, and I’ve never seen anybody coming in for the first time yet that wasn’t. Our work that night was carrying ammunition, and when we got back to billets, about 4 o’clock the next morning, we were a tired looking lot. The next three or four weeks we spent in the same billets, doing some training and a whole lot of working parties. This was probably a good thing, as it got us accustomed to the trenches, but we thought at the time it was anything but good.
About ten o’clock we were ordered to fall in, and a list of names was read out. These we were informed, were under orders to proceed to the front on
fifteen minutes’ notice. Now, all these names were arranged in alphabetical order and as the list went only as far as K, you will readily surmise the result. I was in it and J.P. was out of it. We stayed there until Tuesday night – it was Saturday morning the names were read out – and then came the third and final split in our “entente” and I went to the front alone. Behold, all our dreams of the old Collegiate “nine” standing side by side in the trenches and facing the awful Hun, shattered all inside of a week! Our trip ”up the line” wasn’t what you might term altogether pleasant, as there were twenty-eight of us in a box car, and it was mighty cold. We had a fire, but unless you happened to be lucky enough to get next to it, you got none of the heat, and the smoke was so thick, we were tempted many a time to put on our gas masks. We travelled two days and two nights and at last, about midnight on Thursday we were told we had arrived at the jumping off place. After about an hour and a half, during which time we nearly froze, waiting for somebody who knew the way, we finally got started. After marching what seemed to me about a mile, some wise head discovered that we were going the wrong way, so we about turned and went in the opposite direction. The roads were covered with ice and – well, I don’t know just how many times I did fall, I started to count, but when I got as far as twenty I got tired of it and after that I just fell without counting. Our billets were twenty-four kilometers (fifteen miles) from the station and by the time we got there it was daylight. We went to bed and I just got up in time for dinner. We didn’t do much from that until Sunday when a bunch of us were sent
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ney about 10 a.m. and waited there until five in the evening, when we went on board boat. We had a very cold and slow across, arriving on the other side about three in the morning. We stayed on board until nine and then started on our march to camp a distance of some 7 miles. However, we didn’t mind the march in the least, as there were so many new and strange things, such as French soldiers, vehicles, etc., which interested us greatly. We got to camp just in time for dinner, which, by the way, consisted of bread, cheese and tea, as there were no preparations made to give us the regular meal. After this sumptuous repast we were issued with numerous other articles such as rifles, gas masks, etc. After that had been done we were placed in tents, twelve in each, and, as you may imagine we were rather crowded, but were not sorry for this when night came as it was bitterly cold and the closer we get together the better. We were quite warm while in bed but when it came to getting up – well the language wasn’t the best. We had also forgotten to take our boots to bed with us, and they were frozen stiff, so that it was only after many strenuous efforts and an occasional cuss word here and there that we were able to get them on. When we went to see about getting breakfast, we found that it had been all over an hour previous, so we had to go hungry until noon, but, as we didn’t have to go on parade, we consoled ourselves by saying, “Oh, well, I guess we didn’t miss much anyhow.”
THE TRIP TO THE FRONT TRENCHES
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Finally, we joined our battalion in the trenches, but as we came out the next day, we only spent twenty-four hours in. I was out on guard when we came out, and stayed on three days. The remaining three I spent going up on working parties. Then came our first six-day stretch up at the front, and they certainly seemed a long six-days too. Nothing of great importance happened from that until the “big push” started, but when I saw fellows dropping beside me I was glad then that the various splits had taken place and it was not my old school chums I saw dropping. As you know, the advance started on Easter Monday, but we didn’t go over until the following Thursday morning, and it was then I got hit, but, thank God, not until Vimy Ridge was ours. This is all there is to write about now, but later on, if you care to have it I will endeavor to send in another report of how things are going. As far as I know, J.P. is still in France, and the rest of the boys have not yet gone over.
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enjoyed the freedom and democracy they fought for. T h a t fight cont i n u e s today with Canadians serving around the globe in Mayor Bob Maloney many capacities. We have built schools, helped free people from oppression, and brought the rule of law
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tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom h o n o u r. ” Remembrance is a year-long MLA Greg Ottenbreit commitment and I am pressed to think about veterans on more occasions than November 11. Often, as I go about my daily routine, I reflect upon the life and the physical and emotional conditions of a soldier
and the ones who serve to ensure that our freedoms are protected. I’m grateful for their sacrifice of personal solace, because their daily toil during times of conflict and peace have added to the quality of life we all experience. Every year, since 1931, the Remembrance Day Ceremony has been a custom but do not participate simply out of routine. On as many occasions as possible, say ‘thank you’ to a veteran, acknowledge those who have served and honour those who continue to serve in protective services and sacrifice for our freedoms. God bless Canada, God bless Saskatchewan.” Greg Ottenbreit
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I have mixed emotions as we approach Remembrance Day and the opportunity we have as Canadians to show our appreciation across our nation for those who have sacrificed their lives for our fundamental freedoms. It is right to focus on those who died while serving, because that truly is the ultimate sacrifice. However, through my evolving understanding as Deputy Shadow Minister of Veteran Affairs, I am only beginning to appreciate the sacrifice of our living air, sea and land service members and their families. Visible and invisible injuries are far greater than I have grasped in the past. This is partially because like any avenue in life it is very difficult to appreciate the challenges others face. In addition, first responders, those who serve in the unique role of putting others ahead of their own personal safety, do so knowing the average citizen
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should not (or possibly could not) comprehend the dangers and evils of humanity they may see and experience. T h i s MP Cathay Wagantall past summer I met and listened to veterans and serving members in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Dundurn, Moose Jaw and Brandon. I heard disheartening personal stories of frustration with delays and denial of services and care from old and young who have served. Every one of them was respectful yet honest. With family, employment, community and a sense of purpose we know that many of those who move
from soldier to veteran find a way to adapt on the other side of their service. Others suffer greatly in transitioning and some ultimately take their own lives out of misdiagnosis, illness or frustration. We need to do better as governments, care givers, service providers, employers and communities. First step? Listen to veterans and their families who are struggling the most. Why? Because if we get it right there - we will get it right everywhere. As your Member of Parliament for Yorkton - Melville serving in rural Canada I regret that I cannot be at every Remembrance Day Service in every community in the constituency to lay a wreath for every Canadian who has served and sacrificed in our Canadian Armed Forces. That being said, I am so proud of our Legions, communities, educators, parents and families that will do just that. Cathay Wagantall
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The following is reprinted from the Yorkton Enterprise on August 16, 1945. Ever since last weekend the people of Yorkton, like the rest of the people throughout the world, had been waiting anxiously for the announcement that Japan had accepted the peace terms offered from Postdam and that final and complete victory had come to the United Nations. But even at that when the news did break, exactly at 5 o’clock Yorkton time Thursday afternoon, it seemed to come as a surprise. Most people feared the capitulation would be longer delayed. Once Prime Minister Attice made the announcement it had, shall we say, an “atomic” effect on everyone. People poured forth from their homes and places of business to the city streets in gay and jubilant mood. They were ready to literally “lift the lid.” The pent-up feelings of six years of war gushed forth in a way that could not be denied. The war was over. Mussolini, Hitler and now Hirohito, the “son of heaven” had been counted out one, two three. Most stores set about decorating their windows without delay. Cars “stampeded” the down-town areas. Horns blared away without let-up. The bell on the city hall rung out. Sirens in the city and at the nearby airport sounded off. Celebrations continued far into the nightbut first many a Yorktonite took time out to thank God for victory and peace. At St. Andrew’s United Church there was a union service. At St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church they had a special service of thanksgiving Wednesday morning. Others retired to their rooms and offered a quiet prayer for the great deliverance. It was the boys who were home in uniform who really put the most life into the city and while they demonstrated in a manner that left no mistake of their joy, to their credit, and indeed to the credit of all, there was nothing about their demonstrations of an objectionable nature. It was a gay, very, very happy lot o people giving vent to their feelings in a manner appropriate to the great moment in world history. There was orderly disorder and disorderly order. For about an hour after the news broke, celebrations continued in the down-town areas. Then there was a lull for about an hour or so during the dinner period, then followed more celebrations on the city streets. By 10 or 11 o’clock the “whoppyists” died down a bit only to get going again in full swing about midnight. Cars with tin cans tied to them and with young
people standing on the running boards or straddling the engine hoods tore about the city, yelling, singing and generally rejoicing. Others attended a dance in the Legion Hall. As the writer stood watching the “passing show” there were other little “asides” he noted. There was the young war widow who kept smiling but with tears in her eyes. There were mothers who stood silently watching what went on but who were thinking of their sons who would not be coming back. There were in that throng some of the great “silent” type who serve but never talk of what he or she did- yet who made real sacrifices and great contributions. All were glad the war had ended. All were grateful for the final and complete victory. But there was that pathetic side of the peace picture as well. I didn’t know nearly all of the Yorkton lads who made the supreme sacrifice but I had written most of the stories concerning their brave deaths and it was only natural to think back over the sorrows of the past six years. I thought of Hugh Tamblyn, D. F.C., who was the first Yorkton boy to give his life as a member of “those few” to whom we owed so much for their part in the Battle of Britain. Hugh had “winged his early flight” on April 10, 1941, when he was crushed in a flaming Hurricane over the English Channel. Then of the death of Sub.-Lieut. Billy Page, who a month later was killed with the Royal Navy. There was Flight Sgt. Doug Gordon, who was in the scrap from the very first and who was killed while in the middle east with the R.A.F. in June of the same year. My mind went back to the death of Sgt. Joe Campbell in a training accident in England. To the death of Flying Officer Dave Anderson in September, 1943, in the middle east and of the fine baseball he played not so long ago over at Jubilee Park. I thought also of Flt. Sgt. Joe Slugoski who disappeared as a member of the R.C.A.F. over Germany in March, 1943, and wondered why we had never heard more news of the former St. Joseph Collegiate. There was also Flt. Sgt. Ray Kirk who lost his life over Berlin I August, 1943. It seemed so short a time ago that he had purchased a season ticket for the hockey games in our office. And I did not forget my next door neighbor, Flt. Lieut. Don McLean, who lost his life in a training accident over England in April, 1943. There was also Flt. Sgt. Harry Tufts, who had won the George Medal. Could it be five years since he used to manoeuver about the back door of our plant when he worked for Mackay’s
Paint Shop? More recently Tpr. Ellry Ball had been killed in France shortly after D-Day a year ago. Naturally with the capitulation of the friends of Tokyo I thought of the death of Charlie Smith at Hong Kong. Charlie’s dad also lost his life fighting for the Empire in the last war. And Bud Miller! I could never forget Bud. He seemed so young and so full of life. It is believed he was killed in action last February but no one seems to know for sure, bet his comrades all say that is he ”went on” he did so bravely. There was also Walter Middlemas. So short a time ago I had seen him perform on the ice lanes at the Front Street arena. Early in March last came the telegram – “we regret to inform you…” And thinking of hockey, could I forget dear old Jock Cummine, gallant little Eddie Patzer or brave Vince Germann, who all had played such fine hockey for the old Yorkton Terriers but who have “moved up” to the “bigger league.” Stewart deBalinhard, that fine, strapping lieutenant who was killed in the Sicillian campaign and who left a wife and four young children, came to my mind. There was also goodnatured Nester Yaholnitsky. Could it be possible he wasn’t coming back? A year ago he was here and a lot of us saw him daily but never could match his wise cracks as he responded to “two up.” And I thought too of Flt. Lieut. Arthur Summers, the son of our former minister. Arthur was among the first to go from the Yorkton Collegiate. He fought all through the war, married in England and was about to return home when he was killed in a flying accident over England last February. Then there was Able Seaman Abe Cross. Poor kid. The victim of someone’s carelessness last February while serving with the navy. Fond memories recalled that splendid flock of Australian airmen who were with us in the early summer of 1941. What has become of Dick Ford, Ken Fuller, Jimmy Harrison, Archie Broughton, Jim Gurrin, Peter the Butcher and all the rest? In happy recollection of the record of No. 11, Air Vice-Marshal Howsam, affectionately known as George; Group Captain George Sellers and his public spirited wife, Peggy; Group Captain “Sambo” Irwin, and all the rest, including, of course, No. 23 with Wing Commander W.B. Miller. And I remembered my old friend Harry Card of Melville who was one of the first to go..;.
But the scene was changing – “they shall grow not old as we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” As I looked in the window of our neighbours, the Canadian Utilities, I saw the Union Jack and Stars and Stripes fluttering from the breeze of a hidden fan and beside these flags were the photographs of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “there,” said I, “is the best window display in Yorkton.” Here was tribute to two “great and good men.” Death had taken one from us last April, “the changing scene of politics” had removed the other. I recalled the words of Mr. Churchill in Ottawa uttered in the early stages of war: “Let us then address ourselves to our task” he said, “not in any way underrating its tremendous difficulties and perils, but in good heart and sober confidence, resolved that, whatever the cost, whatever the suffering, we shall stand by one another, true and faithful comrades, and do our duty, God helping us, to the end.” And I thought too of the words of the late President, made early in the war as well: “This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is in our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory.” There it was “unity of purpose” and “in God be our trust.” They had not misplaced their faith. And there was the advice of that great writer, Dorothy Thompson, who once said: “What we shall seek we shall find and where we knock it shall be open, and what we fight for we will win, for our children and our children’s children. We shall either make history or perish from history. We shall either resist or we shall be swallowed. But the exact amount of our effort today will determine in exact proportion the effect of tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow. And while Mrs. Minniver was a picture, it displayed so well to us the story of unforgettable Dunkerque: “So long as the English tongue survives, the word Dunkerque will be spoken with reverence. For in that barbour, in such a hell as never blazed on earth before, at the end of a lost battle, the rags and blemishes that have hidden the soul of democracy fell away. There,
beaten but unconquered in shining splendor, she faced the enemy. This shining thing in the souls of free men. Hitler cannot command, or attain, or conquer. He has crushed it, where he could, from German hearts. It is the great tradition of democracy. It is the future. It is victory.” – New York Times, June 1, 1940. There is oh so much to remember… MacArthur at Bataan: “I will return.” Dieppe, where our neighbor, Flying Officer Ed Gardiner gave his life, Sicily, Ortona, Normandy, Caen, Faiaise, Scheid Estuary, the Rhein. I thought too of that great story, “This Above All,” written by that fine Englishman, Eric Knight. Here he depicted England in her darkest hour. Yet into the mouth of Prudence he put these words as she spoke of her unborn child whose father had just been killed in an air raid: “You’re going to have a better time of it than he did. You’re going to have a better England to live in. We have to fight for what we believe in. And we’ll win this war because-because we can stick it. And then, God help us, we’re going to win the peace too. You won’t have it like him. You’ll live in a better England than he did, because you deserve it. Everyone deserves it.” “For she knew she was hearing a sound that no man had heard for long centuries – the roar of London, her back to the wall, defending herself.” And that’s what won for not only England. I thought, as I stood there outside The Enterprise. We all could and did “stick it.” We fought with our backs to the wall and defended ourselves. Prue’s words are coming true. Not only are we to have a new and better England, but a better world. Can we achieve a real peace – one that won’t soon be spawning another war? Yes – if we write off war – if the written-and-then-printed word can make the people see the crucial balance sheet of international co-operation. Let us, therefore, practice tolerance, deveion understanding, maintain our strength and live co-operatively in order that his new era shall bring serenity, happiness and a fuller material and spiritual life to all. In the words of our own prime minister, that man who will go down in history as one of the great men of our age. Rt. Hon., Wm. Lyon Mackenzie King. “There is a great obligation on all of us to gain for all men as much equality of opportunity as possible.” The Tommies and their associates have hung out their washing on the Siegfried line; with unfaltering devotion we’ve remembered Pearl Harbor, and the bluebirds are back over
the White Cliffs of Dover, so why shouldn’t we now “Roll Out the Barrel” and sing “Happy Days Are Here Again.” Last night over the C.B.C. from London, Mr. Leonard W. Brockington, Canada’s ace orator, in his address to the nation, paid glowing tribute to those “great men,” Churchill and Roosevelt. It is the long considered opinion of the writer that to these two we owe much for our victory today. Can we ever forget “F.D.R.,” and his “fireside chats.” Can’t you hear him still saying “My friends?” “Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us,” he said after Pearl Harbor. “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteousness will win through to absolute victory.” And of “Winnie” – the man with the cigar – Mark Sullivan said this in the New York HeraldTribune after V-E Day: “Know reader, that you have seen greatness in our time. When on your radio you heard Winston Churchill in his hour of victory you were listening to one of the authentic great of history.” He recalled the unforgettable words of the prime minister in Britain’s darkest hour. “Come then: let us to the task, to the battle, to the toil… we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender.” Churchill, in the outset of war said: “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer that in one word – victory! Victory at all costs – victory in spite of all terror – victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. We will remember Montgomery, Eisenhower, Mountbatten, MacArthur, Stalin, Chian Kai Shek, Smuts, and many more for their part in the victory, but time will never erase the memory of the man who offered nothing but “blood, sweat, toil and tears” or he who asked for “unfaltering devotion to our cause.” These two men are now removed from the active acene and in their places have come Clement Attice and Harry Truman to usher in the new world order. “Have faith O world, that all is well and good, March forward to this brave, new dawn of hope; Send forth the bugle call of brotherhood Where men in terror blindly reach and grope. It is the Christian day, let anthems ring Victory is won. God Save The King.”
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The following is reprinted from the Yorkton Enterprise on August 16, 1945. Ever since last weekend the people of Yorkton, like the rest of the people throughout the world, had been waiting anxiously for the announcement that Japan had accepted the peace terms offered from Postdam and that final and complete victory had come to the United Nations. But even at that when the news did break, exactly at 5 o’clock Yorkton time Thursday afternoon, it seemed to come as a surprise. Most people feared the capitulation would be longer delayed. Once Prime Minister Attice made the announcement it had, shall we say, an “atomic” effect on everyone. People poured forth from their homes and places of business to the city streets in gay and jubilant mood. They were ready to literally “lift the lid.” The pent-up feelings of six years of war gushed forth in a way that could not be denied. The war was over. Mussolini, Hitler and now Hirohito, the “son of heaven” had been counted out one, two three. Most stores set about decorating their windows without delay. Cars “stampeded” the down-town areas. Horns blared away without let-up. The bell on the city hall rung out. Sirens in the city and at the nearby airport sounded off. Celebrations continued far into the nightbut first many a Yorktonite took time out to thank God for victory and peace. At St. Andrew’s United Church there was a union service. At St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church they had a special service of thanksgiving Wednesday morning. Others retired to their rooms and offered a quiet prayer for the great deliverance. It was the boys who were home in uniform who really put the most life into the city and while they demonstrated in a manner that left no mistake of their joy, to their credit, and indeed to the credit of all, there was nothing about their demonstrations of an objectionable nature. It was a gay, very, very happy lot o people giving vent to their feelings in a manner appropriate to the great moment in world history. There was orderly disorder and disorderly order. For about an hour after the news broke, celebrations continued in the down-town areas. Then there was a lull for about an hour or so during the dinner period, then followed more celebrations on the city streets. By 10 or 11 o’clock the “whoppyists” died down a bit only to get going again in full swing about midnight. Cars with tin cans tied to them and with young
people standing on the running boards or straddling the engine hoods tore about the city, yelling, singing and generally rejoicing. Others attended a dance in the Legion Hall. As the writer stood watching the “passing show” there were other little “asides” he noted. There was the young war widow who kept smiling but with tears in her eyes. There were mothers who stood silently watching what went on but who were thinking of their sons who would not be coming back. There were in that throng some of the great “silent” type who serve but never talk of what he or she did- yet who made real sacrifices and great contributions. All were glad the war had ended. All were grateful for the final and complete victory. But there was that pathetic side of the peace picture as well. I didn’t know nearly all of the Yorkton lads who made the supreme sacrifice but I had written most of the stories concerning their brave deaths and it was only natural to think back over the sorrows of the past six years. I thought of Hugh Tamblyn, D. F.C., who was the first Yorkton boy to give his life as a member of “those few” to whom we owed so much for their part in the Battle of Britain. Hugh had “winged his early flight” on April 10, 1941, when he was crushed in a flaming Hurricane over the English Channel. Then of the death of Sub.-Lieut. Billy Page, who a month later was killed with the Royal Navy. There was Flight Sgt. Doug Gordon, who was in the scrap from the very first and who was killed while in the middle east with the R.A.F. in June of the same year. My mind went back to the death of Sgt. Joe Campbell in a training accident in England. To the death of Flying Officer Dave Anderson in September, 1943, in the middle east and of the fine baseball he played not so long ago over at Jubilee Park. I thought also of Flt. Sgt. Joe Slugoski who disappeared as a member of the R.C.A.F. over Germany in March, 1943, and wondered why we had never heard more news of the former St. Joseph Collegiate. There was also Flt. Sgt. Ray Kirk who lost his life over Berlin I August, 1943. It seemed so short a time ago that he had purchased a season ticket for the hockey games in our office. And I did not forget my next door neighbor, Flt. Lieut. Don McLean, who lost his life in a training accident over England in April, 1943. There was also Flt. Sgt. Harry Tufts, who had won the George Medal. Could it be five years since he used to manoeuver about the back door of our plant when he worked for Mackay’s
Paint Shop? More recently Tpr. Ellry Ball had been killed in France shortly after D-Day a year ago. Naturally with the capitulation of the friends of Tokyo I thought of the death of Charlie Smith at Hong Kong. Charlie’s dad also lost his life fighting for the Empire in the last war. And Bud Miller! I could never forget Bud. He seemed so young and so full of life. It is believed he was killed in action last February but no one seems to know for sure, bet his comrades all say that is he ”went on” he did so bravely. There was also Walter Middlemas. So short a time ago I had seen him perform on the ice lanes at the Front Street arena. Early in March last came the telegram – “we regret to inform you…” And thinking of hockey, could I forget dear old Jock Cummine, gallant little Eddie Patzer or brave Vince Germann, who all had played such fine hockey for the old Yorkton Terriers but who have “moved up” to the “bigger league.” Stewart deBalinhard, that fine, strapping lieutenant who was killed in the Sicillian campaign and who left a wife and four young children, came to my mind. There was also goodnatured Nester Yaholnitsky. Could it be possible he wasn’t coming back? A year ago he was here and a lot of us saw him daily but never could match his wise cracks as he responded to “two up.” And I thought too of Flt. Lieut. Arthur Summers, the son of our former minister. Arthur was among the first to go from the Yorkton Collegiate. He fought all through the war, married in England and was about to return home when he was killed in a flying accident over England last February. Then there was Able Seaman Abe Cross. Poor kid. The victim of someone’s carelessness last February while serving with the navy. Fond memories recalled that splendid flock of Australian airmen who were with us in the early summer of 1941. What has become of Dick Ford, Ken Fuller, Jimmy Harrison, Archie Broughton, Jim Gurrin, Peter the Butcher and all the rest? In happy recollection of the record of No. 11, Air Vice-Marshal Howsam, affectionately known as George; Group Captain George Sellers and his public spirited wife, Peggy; Group Captain “Sambo” Irwin, and all the rest, including, of course, No. 23 with Wing Commander W.B. Miller. And I remembered my old friend Harry Card of Melville who was one of the first to go..;.
But the scene was changing – “they shall grow not old as we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” As I looked in the window of our neighbours, the Canadian Utilities, I saw the Union Jack and Stars and Stripes fluttering from the breeze of a hidden fan and beside these flags were the photographs of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “there,” said I, “is the best window display in Yorkton.” Here was tribute to two “great and good men.” Death had taken one from us last April, “the changing scene of politics” had removed the other. I recalled the words of Mr. Churchill in Ottawa uttered in the early stages of war: “Let us then address ourselves to our task” he said, “not in any way underrating its tremendous difficulties and perils, but in good heart and sober confidence, resolved that, whatever the cost, whatever the suffering, we shall stand by one another, true and faithful comrades, and do our duty, God helping us, to the end.” And I thought too of the words of the late President, made early in the war as well: “This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is in our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory.” There it was “unity of purpose” and “in God be our trust.” They had not misplaced their faith. And there was the advice of that great writer, Dorothy Thompson, who once said: “What we shall seek we shall find and where we knock it shall be open, and what we fight for we will win, for our children and our children’s children. We shall either make history or perish from history. We shall either resist or we shall be swallowed. But the exact amount of our effort today will determine in exact proportion the effect of tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow. And while Mrs. Minniver was a picture, it displayed so well to us the story of unforgettable Dunkerque: “So long as the English tongue survives, the word Dunkerque will be spoken with reverence. For in that barbour, in such a hell as never blazed on earth before, at the end of a lost battle, the rags and blemishes that have hidden the soul of democracy fell away. There,
beaten but unconquered in shining splendor, she faced the enemy. This shining thing in the souls of free men. Hitler cannot command, or attain, or conquer. He has crushed it, where he could, from German hearts. It is the great tradition of democracy. It is the future. It is victory.” – New York Times, June 1, 1940. There is oh so much to remember… MacArthur at Bataan: “I will return.” Dieppe, where our neighbor, Flying Officer Ed Gardiner gave his life, Sicily, Ortona, Normandy, Caen, Faiaise, Scheid Estuary, the Rhein. I thought too of that great story, “This Above All,” written by that fine Englishman, Eric Knight. Here he depicted England in her darkest hour. Yet into the mouth of Prudence he put these words as she spoke of her unborn child whose father had just been killed in an air raid: “You’re going to have a better time of it than he did. You’re going to have a better England to live in. We have to fight for what we believe in. And we’ll win this war because-because we can stick it. And then, God help us, we’re going to win the peace too. You won’t have it like him. You’ll live in a better England than he did, because you deserve it. Everyone deserves it.” “For she knew she was hearing a sound that no man had heard for long centuries – the roar of London, her back to the wall, defending herself.” And that’s what won for not only England. I thought, as I stood there outside The Enterprise. We all could and did “stick it.” We fought with our backs to the wall and defended ourselves. Prue’s words are coming true. Not only are we to have a new and better England, but a better world. Can we achieve a real peace – one that won’t soon be spawning another war? Yes – if we write off war – if the written-and-then-printed word can make the people see the crucial balance sheet of international co-operation. Let us, therefore, practice tolerance, deveion understanding, maintain our strength and live co-operatively in order that his new era shall bring serenity, happiness and a fuller material and spiritual life to all. In the words of our own prime minister, that man who will go down in history as one of the great men of our age. Rt. Hon., Wm. Lyon Mackenzie King. “There is a great obligation on all of us to gain for all men as much equality of opportunity as possible.” The Tommies and their associates have hung out their washing on the Siegfried line; with unfaltering devotion we’ve remembered Pearl Harbor, and the bluebirds are back over
the White Cliffs of Dover, so why shouldn’t we now “Roll Out the Barrel” and sing “Happy Days Are Here Again.” Last night over the C.B.C. from London, Mr. Leonard W. Brockington, Canada’s ace orator, in his address to the nation, paid glowing tribute to those “great men,” Churchill and Roosevelt. It is the long considered opinion of the writer that to these two we owe much for our victory today. Can we ever forget “F.D.R.,” and his “fireside chats.” Can’t you hear him still saying “My friends?” “Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us,” he said after Pearl Harbor. “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteousness will win through to absolute victory.” And of “Winnie” – the man with the cigar – Mark Sullivan said this in the New York HeraldTribune after V-E Day: “Know reader, that you have seen greatness in our time. When on your radio you heard Winston Churchill in his hour of victory you were listening to one of the authentic great of history.” He recalled the unforgettable words of the prime minister in Britain’s darkest hour. “Come then: let us to the task, to the battle, to the toil… we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender.” Churchill, in the outset of war said: “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer that in one word – victory! Victory at all costs – victory in spite of all terror – victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. We will remember Montgomery, Eisenhower, Mountbatten, MacArthur, Stalin, Chian Kai Shek, Smuts, and many more for their part in the victory, but time will never erase the memory of the man who offered nothing but “blood, sweat, toil and tears” or he who asked for “unfaltering devotion to our cause.” These two men are now removed from the active acene and in their places have come Clement Attice and Harry Truman to usher in the new world order. “Have faith O world, that all is well and good, March forward to this brave, new dawn of hope; Send forth the bugle call of brotherhood Where men in terror blindly reach and grope. It is the Christian day, let anthems ring Victory is won. God Save The King.”
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there, the infantry was much in evidence, buglars were heard, flags waved in the strong breeze which was blowing, ranks ranging from Brigadier General to a private took their place in the parade. Old men scarcely able to walk came out in memory of a son or maybe just in memory of boys they had known. Men and Women representing almost every country in Europe were present. There was no feeling of bitterness. All came and realized the terrible cost of war. Through the throng there were men and women from Marchwell, Langenburg, Churchbridge, Bredenbury, Saltcoats, Rokeby, Tonkin, Barbour, Barvas, Dunleath, MacNutt, Calder, Wroxton, Stornoway, Rhein, Hampton, Ebenezer, Gorlitz, Canora, Amsterdam, Stenen, Norquay, Pelly, Mikado, Veregin, Kamsack, Runnymede, Togo, Melville, Otthon, Crescent Lake, Plainview, rock Dell, Willowbrook, Fone Hill, Orcadia, Springside, Jedburgh, Gladwin, Theodore, Insinger, Sheho, Tuffnell, Foam Lake, Rama, Buchanan, Regina, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon. Cars bearing North Dakota markers, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia and other states of the Union were present in the fleet of motor cars that attended the unveiling. Shortly after three o’clock the procession started from the Anglican church. The Processional hymn was sung. Members of the clergy gave the opening sentences and prayers. A responsive reading of the 23rd Psalm, a hymn, “O God our Help in Ages Past” and then the address of the afternoon. “The British Empire has been noted the world over for its great men, men of science, men of letters and men of life,” said Lieut.-Col. Wells in opening his address. “The nation to which we belong, has a great record. No men are made more outstanding than those of the Army and Navy, yet these men are the average citizens our our land under ordinary circumstances. The average Britisher is willing to offer his hand in support of some cause, as long as it is worthy. If such a case he is willing to give his all. We pay tribute to them after they are gone, it would be much better if we had expressed some feeling of sympathy and appreciation before they passed on their final rest. However, they have gone from us and it is fitting that we have these memorial days because being human we will forget unless we have monuments of this kind to bring back the memory of the cost of war. Some say we will never forget our boys who died, but strangely enough, with the memory we remember, we can forget. “In 1914 I visited London, and one of the things which impressed
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Continued from Page C8 the march of the army of the dead. Think it over and think what it means, the terrible cost of war. “But there is another price as well, the price of human suffering. Many of the men who fought in the Great war wish to God they had never came back. They are still paying the price. Many of them are hidden from us. Most of them are hidden away in sanitoriums and hospitals. When we visit them, we see the wrecks of war, men who are still paying the price in the first degree. “Others are paying the price as well as those who fought in Flanders Fields. There are the mothers and wives and children, many of whom never saw their father still paying the awful price by heart aches and the need of protection. “There are other phases of the cost of war as well, such as broken morals and the like, but I leave that for you to think over. Today we think only of those who gave their life, that we might live, and we have put up a monument to commemorate the memory of these men. The boys and girls who are ten and fifteen years of age today have no actual knowledge of what happened. From our text books has been wiped away the story of that great conflict. Shame it seems to me, that it should be so. It would be well to keep before our people especially the coming generation, the story of the great war of 1914-1918, so that they would know what it was for which our boys gave up their lives.” “As I look at the cenotaph you have erected I marvel at its splendor. You have set up a very fine piece of work indeed. A monument which the mothers, fathers, children and citizens as a whole, of your city will look upon with pride. I considered it the greatest possible privilege to come here today and worship with you, at the unveiling of your war memorial.” “how can we best keep these men in memory. The erecting of a monument such as this is a good way, but there is still a better. Some business men are tired of giving, and we do not altogether blame them. The return men know this, yet, it is up to every good Canadian citizen to give his fellow man a square deal, regardless of his creed or colour. This is only ordinary decency, but let us give a little more than a square deal to the men who served a cross over there. I appeal to everyone, that when they are dealing with a returned man, they will be patient, good and kind, and try to remember the hell through which he passed through.” Immediately following the address Lieut.-Col. Wells unveiled the memorial and two minutes silence followed. “I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, write, from henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord even so saith the spirit, for they rest from their labours.” By the time the last post was concluded by the four buglars there was not a soul that remain untouched by the impressiveness of the service. The following prayer of dedication was then given: “Vouchsafe O Lord to be present with us who are now gathered together
to dedicate this Memorial, with all humility and readiness to heart, to the honour of Thy great Name and to the everlasting memory of those, who by sea, by land and in the air, laid down their lives for King and Country, in the Great War of 1914-1918; Accept O Lord this service at our hands and bless it with such success as may most tend to Thy glory and the Salvation of Thy people; through Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. Presentation of the memorial to His Worship the Mayor of the City of Yorkton by M.A. Eby, Esq., Chairman of the War Memorial Committee then took place. Mr. Eby said: “Your Worship: The citizens of Yorkton remembering with pride the response of our men and women to the call for service in the years 1914 to 1918 and thinking with reverent sorrow of those who going out in defence of King and Country did not return, have been moved to erect in this City a permanent memorial to the fallen, a memorial symbolic of the empty tomb which we will trust, serve to remind us and those who come after us, of the sacrifice made by this generation for those ideals which we as Canadians and Citizens of the British Empire hold dear and cherish. Mr. Mayor, with this erection, unveiling and dedication of this memorial our task is now complete. We ask you, as representing the City of Yorkton and the Citizens as a whole to accept this work and to make due provision for its protection and preservation both now and hereafter.” His Worship, the Mayor replied: “On behalf of the City of Yorkton I accept this beautiful memorial dedicated to the men and women of Yorkton who in the Great War of 1914-1918 laid down their lives for King and Country. It will be the duty and the privilege of the Mayor and Aldermen to beautify the surroundings and provide a fitting setting for this cenotaph. It will be my desire and I am sure the desire of those who come after me that it may ever stand in our City as a sacred symbol, reminding all those who go by of the sacrifices made to secure to us the liberties we enjoy, reminding us day by day, and year by year, that it is only by sacrifice and by service that can fully accomplish our destiny on this earth. And as our first public tribute at this Memorial I would now invite those who so desire to come forward and deposit their floral tributes to our Glorious Dead.” During the singing of “Abide With Me” representatives of various societies and organizations laid their wreaths of remembrance at the foot of the cenotaph. As each representative passed through to deposit their wreath a party of soldiers presented arms. Wreaths were deposited from the following organizations and societies: Knights of Pythias, Pythian Sisters, Major Livingstone Chapter I.O.D.E., L.O.L., and L.O.B.A., Ladies Auxilliary of Canadian Legion B.E.S.L., U.C.T. Yorkton Council, Northern Star Rebekah Lodge, Oddfellows, City of Yorkton, 16th Canadian Light Horse, C. Squadron, “A” Squadron Canadian
Legion B.E.S.L., Springside, Yorkton ny of unveiling and also Will T. Moore’s Knights of Columbus Lodge No. 2031, Band for their services. He also said: 1st Battalion Yorkton Regiment, “The unveiling of the cenotaph this Canadian Legion B.E.S.L. Canora, afternoon represents the realization of Rotary Club Yorkton, Canadian Legion the hope of years. At last Yorkton has a B.E.S.L. Yorkton, Canadian Legion war memorial worthy of the men who B.E.S.L. Saltcoats, Canadian Legion fell and worthy of the City and district. B.E.S.L. Wynyard, Canadian Legion A memorial beautiful in its simplicity B.E.S.L. Melville, Yorkton and District and design and one of which we have Band of Trade, and the Boy Scouts laid reason to be proud. I do not think we sprays of poppies which were supplied should disperse without expressing by the Rotary Club. Many individuals publicly our thanks and appreciation to rested wreaths of flowers in memory of the citizens of Yorkton who have proa son, a husband, a brother, a cousin, a vided so fine a memorial. It should be father or a friend. Unfortunately the mentioned that the Legion claims and wind was so strong that the wreaths had deserves no credit for this work – it repto be removed to shelter. resents a spontaneous effort on the part Following the Reveille was sounded of our fellow citizens and is therefore and a hymn sung. The Benediction was all the more appreciative. Particurlarly then pronounced by Rev. Father Lang should we bepleased with the fact that of St. Gerard’s: the memorial was designed by an ex“Almighty and Eternal God, All-wise officer of the Canadian Forces and was Arbitrator of life and death, bless us erected by a member of the Legion, here assembled to honour the memory himself a disabled veteran. of our heros who have offered the Langenburg Troop and Cub Pack supreme sacrifice of their lives in the was comprised of 31 boys in all who faithful service of our beloved came 55 miles to join the Yorkton Boy Dominion. Scouts at the unveiling. The visitors “O, God of Hosts, Whose reign is ever were under the direction of Scoutmaster in peace and order, accept the sacrific- Norman Thompson and Cub Master es theses brave and noble men have Bell. City Troops represented were No. made for the safety and welfare of our 1 and No. 2, under Scoutmaster Hunter, beloved country and the whole world. No. 3 under P. Smith, No. 4 under M. “O, God the Giver of all good gifts, Love, No. 5 under F. Siganski. Piper bless us, bless these people, their McIntosh supplied the music. homes, their families, their undertakThe cenotapgh was designed by ings. Bless this memorial. Grant that Capt. G.L. Thornton Sharp, M.C., of this monument stand as a constant and Vancouver and was erected by the Art perpetual memorial of our gratitude to Monumental Co., the work being perThee and to Thy valiant children, who sonally supervised by Mr. J. Whitworth, sacrificed all this is most sacred and also a returned soldier. The Art dear for our peace and happiness, and Monumental Co. has erected memorials for the welfare of our beloved Dominion at Vancouver, Calgary, Kamloops, of Canada.” Ladner, Maple Ridge, Armstrong, The singing of “O Canada” and “god Peachland, Lloydminster and North Save the King” brought the ceremony to Battleford. a close. At the conclusion of the service at the cenotaph the Canadian Legion, Yorkton Branch, accompanied by visiting members from Saltcoats, Springside, Melville, Canora, Foam Lake and Wynyard marched to the Soldiers’ plot in the cemetery where a short service conducted by Rev. Mr. Bartlett of Saltcoats was held and the graves of the 23 ex-servicemen who lie in our cemetery were decorated. Before the parade was dismissed at the City Hall the President, Brig. Gen. A. Ross briefly addressed the Legionaires, thanking those who had come from a distance to take part in the ceremo- Submitted Photo by Revi, Yorkdale Central School.
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