From the News

CSM Samuel Kellock, 29th Battalion C.E.F. writes home.

Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta]

During the war years a number of former Banff residents, then at the front, wrote to the local newspaper in the hopes that they might receive correspondence from their friends at home.

Samuel Kellock was born in Glasgow, Scotland, He enlisted in the 29th Battalion in Vancouver in November 1914.

Dated: September 1, 1917

WOULDN'T MISS IT

Many folks in Banff [Alberta] will remember Sam Kellock, as he lived here for a number of years. Shortly before August, 1914, Sam moved to the coast and was one of the first to join up with the Vancouver battalion when the call came for overseas service.

For over eighteen months Sam served his flag in the trenches and when badly wounded in the leg he was sergeant-major of his company. The wound has left him a cripple for life with a stiff ankle, but even without a leg Sam says he would not have missed the experience. Coming out of the hospital at permanent base, he later secured a job with a corporal's stripes in the Military Mounted Police under Lieut.-Col. Jarvis, late of the R.N.W.M.P.

Sam says: "I got a copy of Crag and Canyon from Jack Ford and could not rest until I dropped the little old paper a line. I certainly feel sure Banff is more than proud of the mountain boys who answered the call, and may they be spared to see the dear ones at home. With Harry Leacock I agree the 'white man' who is not here will never forgive himself for missing the greatest thing of his life."

Sam speaks of meeting numerous Banff boys and how glad they were to chin-chin awhile. Mrs. Kellock is living in Cranbrook with her three boys and one girl. Sam has four brothers at the front. All have been wounded, but so far Sam has met only one of them after being parted fifteen years.

His address is Corporal S. Kellock, No. 76323, 29th Battalion, Attached 2nd Division, M.M.P., France. A card from Sam's friends would be appreciated by him in France.

Transcribed by: M. I. Pirie