Roche Percee
IN  MEMORIAM
WWI  -  WWII

 


THE RED ENSIGN
THEY FOUGHT UNDER THIS FLAG
 

For God and Country

These Gave Their Lives
LEST WE FORGET
 

They shall grow not old, as we that 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.
 


 
1914 - 1918
Died in the Service of his Country

John David Dunbar 
 b- Sept 3, 1897 in SK
d- July 25, 1918, age 20
buried in Girvan (Doune) Cemetery
Ayrshire, UK
Grave Ref- M. 7
Scottish ancestry, Presbyterian religion
2nd Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, No 1 Fighting School
Father- Alexander (Alex) Dunbar, born Dec 14, 1866 (1867?) in NS, d- 1925
Mother- Hannah C. Hopkins, b- Nov 23, 1876, in ON d- 1959
 Married in 1897,They had 10 children
lived at SE 1/4 12-1-6- W2 in 1911
I found a J.D. Dunbar in the first class at ECI in Estevan
same fellow?  I'm thinking it was.

Honour Roll

Harry Gilbert Forsythe
Reg #1250320
 
b- Jan 26, 1895
in White Rock, (Maryland?), USA
next of kin his sister, Annie Forsythe, living in Roche Percee
Harry was living in Roche Percee when he enlisted
in Winnipeg MB, Apr 19, 1917
Occupation- the retail trade, Single, Presbyterian.

Ernest Hanson  **

Elmer Emile Hoehne
Reg # 260992
 
b- Sept 11, 1897
in Morgan, Minnesota, USA
d- Oct 16, 1918
reported killed in action, Oct 25, 1918
Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard
Grave Ref III. B. 2.
Lutheran, Single, Occupation Farmer
Living at Roche Percee when he enlisted in Regina, May 16, 1918
Private- Canadian Infantry, Saskatchewan Regiment, 15th Reserve Batt.
Next of Kin, Henry and Mary Hoehne, living at Roche Percee

William James Knight
Reg #1250321
Rank- LCP
 
b- Sept 15, 1898
in Roche Percee
next of kin- Mother, Mrs A. E. McKersie in RP
Enlisted in Winnipeg MB, Apr 19, 1917
Occupation- Teamster, Single, Presbyterian


Jacob (Jake) Koehn
Reg # 252115

 b- Feb 1, 1893
in Valley City, ND, USA
Living in Shaunavon SK,
where he enlisted, Jan 3, 1916,
next of kin first was his mother, Mary Koehn at RP
changed to his wife, Marion Koehn, at Shaunavon SK
Occupation- farmer, Roman Catholic

Julius Langen 
Reg # 3353263 

b- Sept 18, 1891 in McIntosh, Polk County,
Lessor Township, Minnesota, USA
d- July 6, 1957

Buried in Bienfait Cemetery

Living in Taylorton Post Office area
 when he enlisted in Regina, June 24, 1918
Single, Farmer, Lutheran
Next of Kin, Father- Jens Ole Langen, Roche Percee PO, SK,
b- Sept 1856 in Norway, d- Nov 30, 1926
(1900 US census says b- Sept 1854)
Immigrated to US in 1883
Mother- Maria (Mariah?) Langen,
b- Nov 1862 in Sweden, d- Oct 18, 1922
Immigrated to US in 1885
1911 family living in Township 2, Range 7, W2 at Roche Percee
1911 census says Julius was born in Norway immigrating in 1902
Attestation form says USA
1900 US census says he was born in Minnesota, which I believe is correct
family were living in Lessor Township, Polk County, Minnesota, in June 1900
Jens shown as a farmer

Frederick (Fred) Cecil Wynne-Jones
Reg # 426302
b- Oct 6, 1877, d- Apr 24, 1941, buried in Estevan Cemetery
Possibly immigrated from England in 1900
Welsh nationality
last name also spelled Wynn-Jones

Harold Palmer Thompson
Reg #926049
b- Aug 4, 1897, in Kennard, Nebraska, USA
Living in Estevan when he enlisted,
at Camp Hughes, Sept 21, 1916
Occupation- Teacher, Single, Presbyterian
next of kin, Father- William H. Thompson, living in RP
Dec 1, 1917 Wounded in Action
 

**More Info I couldn't locate, too many similar choices

1939 - 1945
Killed in Action

Robert Arthur Thompson
Private,
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Died July 20, 1944, Age 27,
 Service # L/103040
Buried plot IV.E. 7,
 Brettevillle-Sur-Laize,
Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France



William James (Bill) Knight
b- Sept 15,1898 in Roche Percee,
d- Aug 19, 1942, age 43

WWI
Enlisted Apr 19,1917, age 18 1/2 yrs old
Reg #
1250321
Rank- Lance Corporal
but was not sent overseas.

WWII
Enlisted in May 1940,
Went overseas, Dec 1940.
Svc #L13131
Died during the Dieppe Raid
Lance Corporal, Army, SSR, R.C.I.C.
Son of Mathew and Frances Knight of Roche Percee
2nd of 8 children;
husband of Daisy Mae Knight, (nee Mathieson) of Estevan
Commemorated on Page 87
 of the WWII Book of Remembrance

Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery (Hautot-Sur-Mer)
Seine-Maritime, France
-Grave Ref: B. 44.
Geo Memorial- Knight Lake-
Lat 55°39' Long 104°07'

Wounded
Stanley Long
 
born Mar 11, 1920-
died- Dec 29, 1991
 (Buried in Bienfait Cemetery)

Decorated
Russel S. Earl
 (unable to find any info on him)

Overseas Service
George H. Brinkworth
Jas. Blondeau
Frazer Dunbar
Allan Duncan
Matthew Duncan
Clifford Earl
Kenneth Earl
Lawrence C. Earl
Russel S. Earl
Alvin Jahn
Arthur Jahn
Theodore Jahn
Albert Ed Knight
William J. Knight
Cecil Koehn
Raymond Leonard
Albert E. Long
Stanley Long
James MacQuarrie
Lester Mann (L. Cpl. L. M. Mann,  reported wounded, Feb 8, 1945)
William Mann
Charles Murray
Stephen O'Stepchuk
Merle Pearson
Hugh Robinson
A. Samenook
Elmer Scholapkhol (Schlapkohl?)
Arnold Scholapkhol (Schlapkohl?)
Donald Sears
Gordon Sears
John Sears  (Pte. J. D. Sears reported Prisoner of War, Oct 13, 1944)
Richard Sears
Stanley Smith
Robert A. Thompson
Harold Winstanley
William Winstanley
George Wood
Richard Wrigley

Services in Canada
Walter Battersby
John Bonchal
David Dunbar
Allan Edwardson
Magnus Gunderson
Ernest Hanson
Irvin Hanson
Elna MacQuarrie
Alfred McDonald
Ernest Morine
Kenneth Morine
Ray Morine
Kenneth Olson
Alex O'Stepchuk
William Pearson
Arthur Robinson
Arnold Scholapkhol
Walter Sears

List above transcribed from a 1980 Roche Percee
Historic Edition Newspaper
which my mother saved

   WE HONOUR THEM ALL! 
BECAUSE OF THESE MEN- AND OTHERS LIKE THEM
WE CAN FLY OUR NEW CANADA FLAG
AND BE PROUD AND FREE CANADIANS
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