We salute those who fought for our freedom so we may live in peace.
This special edition of The Rosetown Eagle is dedicated to the men and women from our region that so bravely served our country. Some of them paid the supreme sacrifice. They were more than soldiers, they were sons and daughters, husbands and fathers. They came from towns and hamlets that are no longer. We can never begin to repay them, but we can remember them, every ONE of them.
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From Peacekeeping to NATO: A Family Tradition of Service
“Like father, like son,” the saying goes. But so far, that hasn’t meant also being in an accident with a chicken truck in Egypt, nor dodging polar bears. Still, serving in the military can be a family tradition.
Clifford R. MacDonald remembered for wartime service
Clifford R. MacDonald served five years in the Second World War with the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, which was mobilized in Rosetown.
Rosetown cenotaph in the 1950s
The Rosetown cenotaph decorated with poppy wreaths and crosses on Remembrance Day in the 1950s.
Elrose Cenotaph Lighting Project
The Elrose Legion Branch completed a lighting project at their cenotaph in time for July’s Homecoming. This is a recent photo taken at night. It looks amazing.
Edgar “Tommy” Arthur Hallen
Edgar was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan in 1924 to George and Annie Lee Hallen – one of ten children. The family lived and farmed north of Greenan after moving from the Herschel area in 1928.
Remembering Corporal Hutson Boddy
Corporal Hutson Alexander Boddy, RCAF, of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, died Jan. 27, 1944, at Lady Minto Hospital in Chapleau, Ontario, at age 53.
Private Ivan George McDonald
Ivan George McDonald was born on June 18, 1922, to Austin and Caroline McDonald, who farmed about nine miles east of Tyner, Saskatchewan.
Lloyd Everett Clarke
Served in Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Active service: March 1944 - December 1945. Served on Unicorn, Queen, Cornwallis, Avalon and Stellarton.
Honouring Corporal Milton Edgar Alexander Blair
This Remembrance Day, we remember Corporal Milton Edgar Alexander Blair of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, who gave his life during the Second World War.
Sergeant Alan Zeal
Sergeant Alan Bertram Cleverton Zeal of Drumheller, Alberta, and Rosetown, Saskatchewan, died May 31, 1944, in Italy at the age of 25.
Sir Herbert Strutt
Brock, SK. Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1940-1945 as Leading Aircraftsman with the 411 Squadron.
Rosetown remembers Flight Lieutenant Walter ‘Wally’ Ahrens
As Remembrance Day approaches, the community of Rosetown honours one of its own, Flight Lieutenant Walter Colin Ahrens, who gave his life serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force…
They shall not grow old, Remembrance Day, 11th November
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. LEST WE FORGET.
100-year anniversary of the poppy in 2021
Did you know people started wearing poppies a hundred years ago, in May of 1921? Poppies grew on the battlefields around gravesites after the end of the First World War.