Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Dryden circa 1940's.
Samuel Dryden
Born: 26th of October 1870
At 17 he joined the British Army unit, the " Gordon Highlanders".
He then was sent to India in 1894 and spent the next 4 years (1898) there with the unit. He rose to the rank of Lance Corporal.
In 1899 he was sent to South Africa to fight in the war with the German Boer forces. He served with distinction and in 1900 was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions at the battle of Elandslaagte Station where he was also wounded in action.
Distinguished Conduct Medal (left)
Cap badge of the Gordon Highlanders (left)
Great War Service (1914-1918)
Before the war Sam had served with the 20th Border Horse (a Militia unit that served in the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border areas).
Sam immigrated to Canada in 1905.
Came to the Estevan area with his family.
Was employed as Estevan's first officer in 1906. He served as the single police officer and also worked as a liquor licence inspector when the Estevan Police Service was first established.
When the Great War came he enlisted. First in April of 1915 with the 32nd Saskatchewan Battalion then transferred to the 53rd Battalion. He then when to England and was injured by a horse falling on him and was sent back to Canada as his injuries invalidated him. He was back in Canada by April 1916.
Undaunted, he re-enlisted in Winnipeg in October 1916 was was back in England by October 1917 with the 251st Battalion. He was rendered "surplus to requirements" and again sent back to Canada where he was released from the military by the end of 1917.
After the war he ranched and farmed in the Estevan area and was the first president of the Estevan Branch of the British Empire Service League or as it is known today, the Royal Canadian Legion from 1920 to 1925.
Sam remained here until 1937 when his wife Mary passed away. He then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he lived out his remaining days.
10 August 1920 - "The Incident"
August 10th, 1920
- Saskatoon Daily Star
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Tue, Aug 10, 1920 · Page 9
- Wed, Oct 13, 1920 · Page 13
Exerpts taken from the 3 provincial newspapers listed:
- The Leader-Post
- Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Tue, Aug 10, 1920 · Page 14
- Mon, Aug 16, 1920 · Page 16
- Wed, Oct 13, 1920 · Page 9
Articles published between 10 August and 13 October 1920.
- Star-Phoenix
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Fri, Aug 13, 1920 · Page 3
- Fri, Aug 27, 1920 · Page 2
Sam died on 24 August 1941 of stomach cancer and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in British Columbia.
The news article on the naming of the street.