Shnier, C.C., P/O

J17452 Pilot Officer (No. 97 Pathfinder Squadron RAF pilot) Clifford Charles Shnier of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was KIA 19430730 (age 26) and is buried at Becklingen war cemetery southeast of Soltau, Germany. Shnier's Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Hamburg. He was born at Winnipeg, educated partly at Emerson, Manitoba, and was mentioned in despatches. Shnier had two sisters living at Regina who were members of the same synagogue as Abe Bereskin, controller of surveys. Correspondence on file at the GNB indicates that Bereskin tried to get Manitoba to move on naming something for Shnier, without success, and finally pushed through the name Shnier Island in Doupe Bay, Jan Lake, just before he retired in 1968 - even though he knew Shnier had no personal connection to Sask. Manitoba finally named Shnier Lake east of Buckland Lake (64H10) in 1995.

Siemens, A.H., P/O

J92125 Pilot Officer (No. 630 Squadron RAF air gunner) Archie Harry Siemens of Warman was KIA 19440622 and is buried at Schoonselhof cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium. Siemens' Lancaster was shot down during a night raid on Wesseling, Germany. VAC confirms spelling as Siemens.

Singh, J. Rfn

L28261 Rifleman (Regina Rifles) James Singh of Medicine Hat, Alberta, KIA 19441012 (age 23) and buried at Adegem Canadian war cemetery near Brugge, Belgium. Singh was clearly an Albertan, and the Alberta Geographic Board gave permission for his name to be used in Saskatchewan. Why he was commemorated is unexplained in GNB files, but it was probably because the Regina Rifles pushed so hard to ensure that all of their fatal casualties were memorialized with a geoname. Note, though, that he does have an L service no. which, in his case, probably only means that he travelled to Regina to enlist. His name will not appear on the memorial.