Alberta

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.

The Corporal Nathan Hornburg Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Nathan Hornburg was born in Calgary on June 19, 1983, the son of Michael Hornburg and Linda Loree, and brother of Rachel Herbert. From 2004 to 2006, Hornburg was a University Transfer student at Mount Royal College. On June 27, 2001, Hornburg joined the Kings Own Calgary Regiment. On September 24, 2007, while serving on a NATO mission in Afghanistan, Corporal Hornburg was killed while helping to rescue a disabled tank in Panjwai District, Kandahar. Hornburg’s tank commander noted that he was one of “those rare individuals that just had a very soft, big, caring heart, but who was also a warrior and a professional.”

The Pilot Officer Lloyd George Hinch Military Memorial Bursary was crated in 2011.

Lloyd Hinch was born in 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and attended Mount Royal College in 1942. The Varshicom Yearbook emphasizes that Hinch had a fondness for dramatics: “At formals he’s a second Fred Astaire / A dapper gent with never a care.” Pilot Officer Hinch joined the 425 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force and, at age 22 he was killed on March 19, 1945, near the end of the Second World War during a bombing raid in Germany, when two planes collided.

The Lieutenant Denis Frederick Harvey Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Denis Harvey was born in Calgary, the only son of Lillian Patterson Harvey, a native Albertan, and Irish-born Brigadier General Frederick Harvey, a distinguished and decorated veteran of the First and Second World Wars. Denis Harvey attended Mount Royal College in 1940, and served on the executive of the Science and Mathematics Club. Known to his friends as “Red” Harvey, he joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and was killed near Germany on February 16, 1945.