By Your Southwest Media Group
KERROBERT – Three new veteran banners are up in Kerrobert this fall, thanks to Royal Canadian Legion Branch 88.
The banners honour George Alexander Shortt, Leslie Gordon Shortt and Thelma Barbara Shortt. Their service spans both world wars.
George Alexander Shortt served from 1915 to 1919. He was a lance corporal with the 65th Battalion and later a sergeant with the 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada). He received the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the Military Medal, awarded for bravery in the field.
Leslie Gordon Shortt served in both world wars. From 1916 to 1919, he was a private with the 65th Battalion and the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force. From 1939 to 1940, he served as a sapper and combat engineer with the 14th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers.
Thelma Barbara Shortt served with the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division from 1943 to 1946 as an Aircraftwoman Second Class.
The branch also shared its honour rolls of local service members who fell or went missing in both world wars.
Veterans will be honoured at the Remembrance Day service on Wednesday, Nov. 11, starting at 10:30 a.m. The service will be livestreamed on the Kerrobert Legion Branch 88 Facebook page.
World War I (1914-1918)
Kerrobert and District Honour Roll
List of the fallen or missing
Allison, John Albert
Anderson, John Calder
Black, William Cecil
Burger, Philip
Cave, Joseph Elwood Marsden
Colman, William Ernest
Craig, Francis Mark
Cunnings, William James
Davey-Thomas, Edward Llewellyn
East, Benjamin Hicks
Eaton, Henry Charles
Ellis, L.
Flynn, Paddy
Forbes, Charles
Forman, Harry
French, Walter
Hutchinson, Burwell Elmo
Kann, Hubert Frederick
May, Melville
McNaughton, Robert Bruce
Murray, John
Nelson, Thomas Andrew
O’Brien, Lawrence James
O’Connor, Roderick Stratford
Olson, O.P.
Parker, Donald Clarence
Perratt, John “Jack”
Read, Frederick Newton
Ruff, George James (AKA Cecil)
Sample, Wellington
Steele, Robert
Stewart, Jack
Stewart, Robert “Bob”
Stirling, Robert Mar
Sydie, John Henry “Jack”
Tripp, Harlow Victor
Walker, Andrew J.
Warin, Harold John
Willoughby, Samuel Thomas
Wire, Willard Densmore
World War II (1939-1945)
Kerrobert and Area Honour Roll
List of the fallen or missing
Allcock, Nelson Steele
Andrews, Robert Edison
Auld, Walter Nelson
Bateman, Arnold
Bates, Thomas Edward
Borschneck, Conrad
Coutts, Allan Gordon
Duckett, Denys Richard
Dunn, Dennis Clifford
Dutli, Carl August
Fife, Frederick James Jr.
Hanbidge, Robert Donald Keith
Hilbach, Herbert, Hubert, Hugo
Land, Robert James
Lynds, Alfred G.
Murray, Charles
Nikirk, Charles Edward
Park, James William
Peters, Arthur Kornelius
Philion, Carl Albert
Prescott, Howard Roy
Proudlock, Thomas Harold
Robertson, Donald Kenneth
Schan, James Andrew
Sheppard, Walter Fitzgerald
Vallance, John “Jack” Jr.
Veterans from military service
Snell, Clifford Lount (1961)