Historic Sites of Manitoba: 108 Battalion War Memorial (376 Jemima Street, Selkirk)

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A bronze memorial tablet honouring 161 members of the 108th Battalion who died as a result of the First World War was unveiled and dedicated in the Carnegie library at Selkirk on 26 August 1923. Addressing the ceremony attendees were the Mayor of Selkirk Peter James Smith and Senator Colonel George Henry Bradbury, former commander of the 108th Battalion, who unveiled the tablet. The memorial tablet was commissioned by veterans of the 108th Battalion. It was designed by Professor Herbert Valentine Fanshawe of the Kelvin Technical High School and made by the Winnipeg Brass and Fixture Company. The tablet is now on display at the Selkirk Memorial Hall.

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108 Battalion War Memorial (September 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.14498, W96.87643 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas Ainscough	Tailor	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 February 1887	29 March 1918
Alfred Annis [Transcona]	Police Constable	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 August 1886	2 September 1918
Leifer Arason [Gimli]	Fisherman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	13 February 1918
Kenneth McClure Asham [Peguis, Selkirk]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 May 1895	28 March 1917
John Avison [Gilbert Plains]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 February 1895	11 August 1918
James William Baker	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 October 1895	26 October 1917
Walter L. L. Ballantine [St. Andrew, Selkirk]	Labourer	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 May 1882	21 May 1916
Lawrence Richard Beattie [Manitou]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 September 1887	30 October 1917
John Benjaminson	Farmer's Son	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 November 1896	9 April 1917
Jean François Marie Bernicot [St. Boniface]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 September 1880	8 August 1918
Alex Birston [St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Laborer	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Corporal	6 September 1886	15 August 1917
Parkyn Sydney Bishop [Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin, Eatons]	Transportation	1st Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)	Second Lieutenant	1892	30 November 1917
James Bjarnason [Selkirk]	Student	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 May 1899	2 September 1918
Thorarin Bjornson [Next of Kin]	Barber	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1876	16 August 1917
Alexander Boyd	Carpenter	Canadian Infantry	Private	1 February 1892	22 April 1917
Robert Brewster	Sailor	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	25 February 1884	2 September 1918
Charles Brooker	Cook	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 November 1885	3 January 1917
William Brown	Stone Mason	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 December 1873	26 October 1917
John Cachtley [Selkirk, Tyndall]	Steam engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 August 1894	23 October 1917
Charles Henry Canvin [Selkirk]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 March 1897	9 April 1917
Thomas Capling	Farmer	12th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	3 September 1870	22 November 1917
Alex Emmanuel Carlson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 March 1877	13 September 1917
Vincent Carroll [Transcona]	Foreman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 September 1873	1 October 1918
Guy Francis Chapman	Lumberman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 June 1893	8 August 1918
Walter Chase	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 February 1896	2 September 1918
John Spencer Clark	Laborer	13th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	4 December 1887	10 April 1917
Walter Clemons	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 March 1893	9 April 1917
John Vernon Coleman	Teamster	12th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	2 March 1891	1 July 1918
Albert Edmond Gordon Collett [Erinview]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 May 1893	28 August 1918
Percy Robert Cook [Portage la Prairie, St. George's Anglican, Selkirk, Westbourne]	Farmer	5th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	8 June 1893	7 November 1917
Reynold Cook [Peguis, Selkirk]	Farmer	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Private	9 November 1885	15 August 1917
Harry Cools	Construction Railway Man	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 May 1873	9 April 1917
Robert James Copeland [McCreary]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 September 1896	15 August 1917
James Cormode [Next of Kin]	Carpenter	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 September 1890	15 August 1917
William George Corrigal [St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Laborer	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1894	1 April 1916
Dennis Hartman Cox [Tyndall]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1892	9 April 1917
Alfred John Crabb	Clerk	108th Battalion, Manitoba Regimental Depot	Lance Corporal	17 September 1891	21 May 1918
Thomas Henry Day [Selkirk]	Baker & Cook	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	16 February 1877	27 January 1916
William Dobson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 August 1888	8 August 1918
St. Clair Dunn [Gimli, Medical College, Pharmacy]	Physician & Pharmacist	Canadian Army Medical Corps attached to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Captain	22 December 1880	9 March 1918
Robert Ferguson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 May 1893	30 October 1917
William Henry Fessey [Transcona]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1881	16 September 1917
Henry George Fidler [Selkirk]	Labourer	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Private	29 January 1898	15 August 1917
William Edward Fowle [Next of Kin]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 June 1895	14 November 1917
Peter Gabriels	Engineer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1889	1 October 1918
Alexander Gall [Stonewall]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 July 1889	4 August 1917
James Lawrence Victor Gates	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 June 1898	30 October 1917
Albert Gilbert [Oak River]	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 March 1894	28 July 1918
Henry George Giles	Laborer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Labour Corps	Private	27 February 1871	14 December 1917
Sigurd Palmi Gislason	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1892	9 April 1917
Richard Arthur Glassford	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1896	9 April 1917
Johnstone Graham	Plumber & Steamfitter	101st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 September 1872	17 November 1917
Thomas Grieve [Selkirk, Springfield]	Laborer	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1875	9 March 1916
Fridrik Rosbjorn "Fred" Halldorson	Book Keeper	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 July 1895	15 August 1917
Charles Bernard Halpin [St. James Anglican, Selkirk]	Farmer	Canadian Corps Survey Section	Private	22 April 1893	30 January 1919
Reginald David Harper	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 February 1894	9 April 1917
James Henderson [Stonewall, Stony Mountain]	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 October 1897	24 October 1918
Wilbert John Henry [Tyndall]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 August 1897	9 April 1917
Frederick Charles Higgerty [Cartwright, Next of Kin]	Clerk	London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)	Second Lieutenant	3 November 1893	30 November 1917
Harry Hill	Cook	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 August 1881	4 November 1917
Gunnlaugur Byron Hjorleifsson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 July 1894	16 August 1918
Leon Alvord Hooker [Selkirk]	Teamster	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 March 1885	9 April 1917
John Hoover [Stonewall]	Shoemaker	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 November 1897	10 August 1918
Charles Spencer Montgomery Howell [Selkirk]	Mariner	Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers	Sapper	19 January 1888	5 November 1918
Arley Huston [Carman]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 July 1888	9 April 1917
Edward Hynes [Transcona]	Stripper	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 June 1878	16 September 1917
Alexander Irvin	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 July 1897	6 November 1917
Stephen Johnson [Selkirk]	Steamfitter	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 October 1888	4 March 1918
Herbert Dillon Johnston	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 September 1884	11 December 1917
Jacob Martin Johnston [Little Britain, St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Scholar	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	28 October 1897	27 December 1917
John Walter Jones	Butcher	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 December 1881	29 January 1916
Hallgrimur Jonsson MC [First Lutheran, Manitou, St. Andrews United]	High School Teacher	12th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	19 March 1885	3 September 1918
Walter Herbert Joyce [Selkirk]	Marine Engineer	London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)	Second Lieutenant	8 October 1888	22 March 1918
Joseph Henry Keens	Farmer	43rd Regiment, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 February 1880	26 October 1917
Alfred James Kennedy [Elkhorn, Peguis, Selkirk]	Carpenter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 March 1898	15 April 1917
Robert Edward Kippling [Peguis, Selkirk]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 March 1893	9 April 1917
Aubrey John Kirby [Stonewall]	Farm Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 August 1890	30 October 1917
Albert Edward Lake	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 April 1896	25 October 1917
Waldo Edward Lester [Cartwright]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 January 1892	9 April 1917
Stoni Lindal	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 February 1895	25 August 1918
Charles Edward Lyons [Selkirk]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 June 1893	8 August 1918
Joseph Auguste Marcon	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 June 1881	29 January 1919
Bertram Marshall [Glenboro]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 September 1890	24 August 1917
John Robert Mason [Next of Kin]	Builder	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 September 1878	14 April 1917
William Lee Mawhinney [Knox Presbyterian, Law Society, Portage]	Barrister	54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	15 June 1892	2 March 1917
Charles McAdams (Moncrieff)	Bricklayer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 July 1875	28 April 1917
Cyril Augustine McAllister [Transcona]	Draughtsman	19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 January 1884	9 March 1918
Archibald William McConechy [Lenore, Souris]	Chemist & Druggist	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	17 November 1890	8 August 1918
Robert James McCorrister [Selkirk]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 June 1887	30 October 1917
William Robert McCorrister [Peguis, Selkirk]	Fisherman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 October 1893	26 June 1919
Andrew McCrindle	Boiler Maker	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 April 1896	17 July 1917
James Crawford McCunn	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 August 1872	9 April 1917
Donald Alexander McIvor [John Black Memorial, Landmark Lodge, St. Johns]	Student at Law	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	10 March 1894	2 September 1917
Alexander Archibald McLachlan [Rathwell, Treherne]	Farmer	8th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	18 December 1893	31 October 1917
George McLeod [Lac du Bonnet]	Hunter	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	17 November 1916
Neil McQuarrie	Teamster	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 November 1889	26 October 1917
William Hunter Miller [St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 October 1885	9 April 1917
Alexander Mitchell	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 September 1896	9 April 1917
Samuel Charles Mitchell	Farmer	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Private	5 June 1893	26 July 1917
William Hubert Moore	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1889	25 June 1918
Thomas Mowat [Little Britain, St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1887	9 April 1917
Reginald Munroe [St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 February 1894	8 August 1918
James Murphy	Teamster	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 June 1876	16 August 1918
William Murphy (Healy)	Switchman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 May 1874	26 October 1917
James Murray	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 May 1882	5 April 1917
Obray William Nichols [Next of Kin]	Driving Rig	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	8 June 1897	10 August 1918
William Cecil Norton	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 July 1882	2 September 1918
John O'Connor [Tyndall]	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 October 1895	15 August 1917
Oli Olason [First Lutheran]	Teamster	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 August 1881	16 August 1917
John Ouellette [Carman]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	9 April 1917
Svrinbjorn Palsson [First Lutheran]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 April 1883	1 October 1918
Mike Parazinski [Transcona]	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1896	2 May 1917
Thomas Pendreigh	Machine Fitters Helper	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 May 1883	16 September 1917
Archibald John Polson [Gimli]	Clerk	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	25 November 1895	1 September 1917
Frank Prime [West St. Paul Municipal]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 November 1892	28 April 1917
William Bryson Proctor	Railroad Man	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 September 1878	7 November 1917
Herbert Pruden [St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 March 1890	30 October 1917
John Reid [Next of Kin, Selkirk]	Master Mariner	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 October 1871	16 August 1917
Ivor Roberts [Stonewall]	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 November 1890	15 August 1917
William Rogers	Pipe Fitter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 August 1885	9 April 1917
George Ryan [Transcona]	Watchman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1882	5 March 1918
Frederick John Sargent [Bird's Hill]	Teamster	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 April 1888	2 September 1918
Steve Sasko	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	19 April 1917
Peter Sergeenko	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 December 1890	2 May 1917
John Frederick Sewell	Commercial Traveler	2nd Canadian Labour Battalion	Private	21 June 1864	14 June 1921
George William Sharratt [Oak Lake]	Teamster	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 July 1892	3 June 1917
Charles Shumarck	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1883	5 March 1918
West Shuttleworth [Electric Railway, Next of Kin]	Gas Maker	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 October 1878	1 November 1917
Alexander George Sinclair [Lac du Bonnet, Selkirk]	Trapper	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	28 June 1893	3 April 1917
Morden Earl Skinner [Selkirk]	Law Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 October 1892	26 October 1917
William Alfred Snyder [Peguis]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 November 1887	3 March 1924
Archibald Spence	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 April 1880	9 April 1917
Maxime Joseph Albert St. Godard [Portage, St. Mark's Anglican]	Fisherman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 March 1889	26 October 1918
Julius Stefanson [Gimli]	Student	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 July 1896	9 April 1917
Arthur George Stevens [Selkirk]	Motorman	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	23 October 1891	21 February 1919
Charles Stanley Stokes	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1889	16 August 1917
George Szyiko	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 March 1881	15 August 1917
Frank Tetroe [Selkirk, Tyndall]	Engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 January 1882	26 October 1917
William Thain	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 December 1894	26 October 1917
Robert William Thickins	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 September 1896	13 April 1917
David Thomas [Peguis, Selkirk]	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 March 1898	26 October 1917
John Thomas [Peguis, Selkirk]	Labourer	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	3 August 1896	15 August 1917
Thomas Otway Thomas	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 December 1896	25 October 1917
Edward Payson Thompson [Central Congregational, Law Society, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]	Law Student	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	11 July 1888	16 August 1918
John Thompson [Selkirk]	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 December 1898	1 October 1918
Thorvaldur Thorvaldson	Homesteader	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 May 1896	16 April 1918
Leonard Throssell	Foreman on Construction Work	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 April 1885	16 August 1917
Victor Henry Truthwaite [St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Homesteader	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1898	8 August 1918
John Charles Turner	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 September 1897	9 April 1917
Louis Vizena [Next of Kin, St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 December 1897	22 October 1918
Charles Henry Walker [Stonewall, Woodlands]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 August 1893	23 August 1918
Frederick William Ware	Tinsmith	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 October 1887	26 October 1917
Arthur Edward Warman	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 December 1872	2 September 1918
Thomas Webber	Laborer	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	18 December 1898	10 August 1918
Thomas Alexander Wesley [Peguis, Selkirk]	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 February 1894	16 August 1917
Edward Whitcomb [Next of Kin]	Trunk Maker	12th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	9 March 1876	9 September 1918
John Pinder Willacy [Transcona]	Machinist	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 July 1894	8 August 1918
James Wellington Willson [Brant Argyle, Stonewall, Woodlands]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 July 1891	15 August 1917
Richard Wilson (Stokes)	Tin Plate Worker	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 September 1878	4 June 1917
Sydney Percival Wright	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 September 1884	13 November 1917
John Young [Selkirk]	Labourer	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 December 1871	30 March 1916

Sources:

For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).

Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).

“Will Unveil Tablet,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1923, page 14.

“Tablet Unveiled to Fallen Dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 August 1923, page 9.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 May 2023

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