Alberta

The Private John Hawley Ross Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

John Ross was the second Mount Royal student killed in the First World War. Born in Toronto, Ross attended Mount Royal from 1912 to 1913 and later worked as a clerk. He enlisted on August 23, 1915, in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the Royal Canadian Regiment. Serving less than a year, Private Ross was instantly killed in France by a bomb dropped from an enemy airplane. Along with fellow Mount Royal student Private James Arnell, he received the 1914–1915 Star, a First World War medal awarded by the British government.

The Private Hans Raskesen Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Hans Raskesen was born in Alslev, Denmark in 1890. While his parents remained in Denmark, he attended Mount Royal College before joining the 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Corps, Alberta Regiment. Like fellow Mount Royal student Private James Arnell, he had trained in Alberta with the 191st Battalion. Private Raskesen was killed by enemy shell fire when he was manning a post south of Passchendaele. He was 27 years old.

The Captain Douglas Gordon Purdy Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Douglas Purdy was born in 1920, attended Mount Royal College and enlisted into the 14th Army Tank, Calgary Regiment of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Purdy’s regiment was the first tank regiment of the Canadian army to go into battle with the enemy and the first engaged in amphibious assault during the Second World War. Purdy was killed in action during the Battle of Dieppe at the age of 22. He drowned when his tank sank one hundred yards from shore, struck bottom and took on water.

The Pilot Officer Arthur Beverly Polley Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Arthur Polley was born in 1913, lived in Calgary with his family, and attended Mount Royal College in the 1930s. Polley was a teacher at Beaver Lodge, then Principal at Craigmyle School. He was an avid badminton player, skater and curler. When he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Officer, Polley left behind his young wife, who was living in Strathmore, Alta. Pilot Officer Polley died on June 11, 1942 in a flying accident at Chater, Manitoba, when two aircrafts collided at Charter Relief Aerodrome.

The Lieutenant Harold Stone Musgrove Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Harold Musgrove, a native Albertan, was born in Canmore in 1895. He attended Mount Royal College before enlisting in August 1915 as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Musgrove later served briefly with the 57th Squadron of the Royal Air Force, founded in April 1918, and was killed five months later in France.

The Lieutenant Campbell Stuart Munro Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Campbell Munro was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and attended Mount Royal College before joining the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), serving as Lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. Lieutenant Munro was killed on December 16, 1943, when his vehicle hit a landmine and is buried at the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery in Italy. Lake Munro was named in his honour. 

The Lieutenant George Lloyd Lewis Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

George Lewis was born in Ontario in 1895, came to Calgary with his parents, and attended Mount Royal College during its first two years of operation. Lewis loved sports and played on the 1911/1912 Mount Royal hockey team and the 1912 rugby team. Before enlisting with the Royal Canadian Regiment in 1915, he spent six months with the 103rd Regiment of Calgary. Lieutenant Lewis was killed in action at the age of 21 years during the Battle of the Somme in an attack south of Courcelette. Like many other Canadian soldiers, his body was never found, but his name and memory are preserved at the Vimy Memorial in Pas de Calais, France.

The Wing Commander Albin Laut Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Albin Laut was born in 1916, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Laut of Crossfield, Alberta. His father was a well-known rancher and MLA for Banff/Cochrane. Laut attended Mount Royal College in the 1930s, then transferred to the University of Saskatchewan where he earned an Engineering Degree in 1938. When Laut returned to Alberta, he married and enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wing Commander Laut died on October 3, 1943, in the crash of Ventura aircraft while serving with the #113 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron at Sydney, Nova Scotia. In 1948, Mount Laut, near the headwaters of the Athabasca River, was named in his honour.

The Pilot Officer Douglass Smith Kirkwood Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Douglass Smith Kirkwood was born in Calgary and attended Mount Royal College for five years before moving to Edmonton to receive a degree in Geology from the University of Alberta. Kirkwood was stationed overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was part of the seven man crew of the Avro Lancaster LL960 HW-D plane from 100 Squadron which took off from Royal Air Force Station Grimsby, Country Lincolnshire, England, just before 11 p.m. on May 21, 1944. The plane was on its first mission as part of a large raid on the city of Duisburg, Germany, when it was hit in the bomb bay, exploded and went into an uncontrollable decent. Kirkwood was 22 at the time of his death.

The Flying Officer George Noel Keith Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Noel Keith was born in Cardston, Alberta, but lived in Taber, Alberta. before coming to Mount Royal College in 1938. Keith served on Students’ Council as the Men’s Athletics representative. The Chinook Yearbook said he was “interested in everything around the college” Flying Officer Keith joined the Royal Canadian Air Force serving with the 402 and 72 Squadrons. He received a Distinguished Flying Cross for destroying seven enemy aircraft and damaging two others before being shot down by anti-aircraft fire. He bailed from the aircraft but later succumbed to the injuries he suffered during evacuation. Flying Officer Keith was killed in action at the age of 22.