Mervyn Leonard (r) receives a pocket watch from former Fort Qu’Appelle resident Harley Strudwick (l) that once belonged to Harold Balls, the grandfather Mervyn never knew. Mervyn Leonard’s lifelong hunt for his paternal grandfather ended May 18 when he arrived from England to place flowers at Balls’ grave at the Fort Qu’Appelle Cemetery.
Mervyn Leonard’s quest to find his paternal grandfather has taken him on a lifelong journey that began decades ago in Guilden Morden, a small village in England It ended May 18 in the cemetery overlooking Fort Qu’Appelle when Leonard placed flowers on a small windswept tombstone engraved with the words: Harry Ball At Rest. “Emotions […]
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